Training of general practitioners, a Mexican medical school curriculum evaluation (original) (raw)

Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 2019

Abstract

Background Educational curricula require constant improvement to respond to the needs of students, institutions and society. Objective To evaluate the Plan de Estudios 2010 of the Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Methods Documentary and qualitative study of three phases. First, revision of trends of general medicine in special databases and comparison of curricula between universities. Second, focus groups with clinical teachers and basic sciences to investigate experiences and opinions in relation to trends in general medicine. Third, a "Generalists Committee" was convened to whom the results were presented (phase one and two) and the recommendations were adapted to adapt the results to the general practitioner's context. The participants were informed about the research objective and their participation was voluntary, the anonymity of theirs comments was protected. Results The trend towards specialization in clinical practice define...

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