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Abstract

GUTIERREZ LOPEZ, Jerjes Iván; RODRIGUEZ REYNA, Ruby; LABRADA ROSABAL, Karina Isabel  and  GARCES ESPINOSA, Jeovanys Víctor. Results of Practical State Exam of Comprehensive General Medicine in Niquero municipality, 2019. Multimed [online]. 2021, vol.25, n.2, e2239.  Epub Mar 01, 2021. ISSN 1028-4818.

Introduction:

State Exam allow the evaluation of teaching-learning results and its quality in residents of Comprehensive General Medicine in Primary Health Care.

Objective:

to describe the results of the State Practical Exam of residents in the Family Medicine in Niquero municipality in the Academic Course 2018-2019, first call, at the University of Medical Sciences of Granma.

Methods:

a cross-sectional, observational descriptive study was carried out with the teaching-learning results of the State Exam declared in the objective. The universe was formed by 21residents. Empirical methods and statistical processing were used along with documentary analysis of exam records. All variables were given an absolute frequency distribution and percentage.

Results:

100% of the residents were approved in the first calls from 2018 to 2019. A few residents got the highest marks. The highest results obtained in all the exam questions ranged between 18-19 points. Group Activity was the most outstanding mark (42,9%).Nevertheless, the answers with the lowest results belonged to the topics on Discussion of Problem of Health (20 residents, 95,2%), Doctor’s Consulting (19 residents, 90,5%), Family Home Visiting (17 doctor, 80,9%) and Analysis of the Health Situation (16 residents, 76,1%).

Conclusions:

the total of the residents passed the State Practical Exam to obtain the degree of specialists in Family Medicine though some cognitive deficiencies were found on Discussion of Problem of Health, Doctor’s Consulting, Family Home Visiting and Analysis of the Health Situation. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the preparation of residents and their professional competences.

Keywords : Practical state exam; Resident; Comprehensive general medicine; Primary health care.

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