Abstract

BREIJO MADERA, Hipólito et al. Medical rounds in the community. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.1, pp.138-148. ISSN 1561-3194.

During the universalization process different forms of organizing learning process are introduced, being Education in Work the most important. Medical rounds in the community is a modality in the new contexts, the rounds must be prepared, organized and directed by the comprehensive professor of the Doctor's Office. The medical rounds can be conducted in the University Polyclinic, houses, maternal and old people's homes; having several stages: an exhaustive organization of the activity, a previous preparation (individual study, collection of data, clinical method), patient's presentation (familial and hygienic-epidemiologic context), collective analysis (teaching pyramid), conclusions (evaluate, correct, encourage, elucidate, demonstrate, advise, contribute, emphasize and confirm), individual study and self-learning. This activity, having these characteristics in Primary Health Care, facilitates the integration of the clinical, environmental, familial and hygienic-epidemiologic aspects where the patient becomes involve.

Keywords : Primary Health Care; community development.

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