Abstract

GARCIA ALUM, Nury Esther et al. A comprehensive assessment of the syllabus in the subject " Introduction to the Comprehensive Medicine". Medical Major. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2007, vol.11, n.3, pp.246-258. ISSN 1561-3194.

An integrated discipline is that one which objective of study is the future graduate and the exercise of profession. For the medical major Comprehensive Medicine is the main subject taught and it constitutes the first link of the student with the future job. The objective of this study is to assess the Syllabus of the subject ( general design and pertinence ). Methods of qualitative research were used and in its assessment personal and non-personal components on the educative-teaching process were taken into consideration. Concluding that this syllabus responds to graduate profile incorporating knowledge and skills about family medicine ( health promotion and disease prevention related to the individual, family , community and environment ). The subject is pertinent , it constitutes the introduction to the Main Subject , to the syllabus of the medical major which favors the capacity of the students to perform the practical procedures with regard to the profession and to develop an identification with the future professional setting. It is recommended to define the Problem and Object of the study. The contents must explain the system of skills and values. The method should emphasize the preparation of the professors ( tutors of the student) in order to achieve the ability to develop the heuristic methods the subject foresees, the evaluation establishes a methodology to create a final referential work.

Keywords : UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION IN MEDICINE; EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION; SYLLABUS; FAMILY MEDICINE; COMMUNITY MEDICINE.

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