Abstract

PEREZ BADA, Elvys et al. Methodological alternative to improve the acquisition of abilities in the Internal Medicine residents. Rev EDUMECENTRO [online]. 2013, vol.5, n.1, pp. 89-98. ISSN 2077-2874.

A qualitative study was carried out at "Arnaldo Milián Castro" University Hospital of Villa Clara from September 2008 to July 2010, with the purpose to design a series of methodological actions to improve the acquisition of abilities in the Internal Medicine residents which are formed in this institution. The process was organized in three stages: Diagnoses, designing of methodological actions and the valuation of the final product by the Specialists' Criteria Method. The principal difficulties detected in the acquisition of abilities were: Difficulties in the reading of EKGs, insufficiency in technical abilities, difficulties in the diagnosed and therapeutic abilities of the residents. A series of methodological actions were design according to the diagnoses, they were valued as pertinent by the selected specialists.

Keywords : Internal Medicine; residents; clinical method; medical education; teaching; medicine; therapeutics; improvement.

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