Abstract

SALAS PEREA, Ramón Syr. A proposal of strategy for the assessment of work performance of physicians in Cuba. Educ Med Super [online]. 2010, vol.24, n.3, pp. 387-417. ISSN 0864-2141.

The quality in a health service depends in first order on the competence of human staff supplying it. In Cuba, nowadays there is neither mechanism nor established procedure to assess the physician's performance as in the case of other professionals and technicians of our country. The author has been research on this problem for twenty years and the studies conducted were structured in three periods. The first one (1986-1992) was directed to study, analysis and consensus on the theoretical and methodological bases supporting the design of a professional performance model in our National Health System (NHS). In the second period (1993-1996) it was possible to structure a methodological proposal and its functional qualities supported by the Public Health Ministry political will for its execution. The third period (1997-2006) allowed its application, an increased experience and the creation of suitable conditions to structure a new proposal. The strategy suggesting as an end-product of our research, allows to interrelate the assessment of the physician's working performance, its permanent professional overcoming, the postgraduate academic credits and the professional certification at international standards level. We reach conclusions and made recommendations to start its implementation.

Keywords : Working performance assessment; competence assessment and professional performance; assessment human resources training.

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