2017, Number 24
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Inv Ed Med 2017; 6 (24)
Development of clinical aptitude skills in Cardiology undergraduates
Gómez LVM, Rosales GS, García GJL, Berrones SKI
Language: Spanish
References: 15
Page: 255-259
PDF size: 134.58 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Introduction: One of the main skills of the doctor is the ability to make judgments in relation
to the clinical problems presented by patients. Therefore, it is required that future doctors
develop the skills to perform well, and to solve the problems that arise in their patients in the
future.
Objective: To identify the degree of development of the components of the clinical aptitude
of medical students at the end of the Cardiology course.
Method: An observational, prolective, cross-sectional and comparative study was conducted on
93 students enrolled in the course of Cardiology course of 2015 in the second academic year of
a particular medical school with more than 85% of class attendance during the semester evaluated.
Irregular students or those who had already taken the course previously were excluded
from the study. An evaluation was mad of the overall development level of clinical aptitude,
as well as each of its components. For the analysis of the results, percentages were used for
the analysis, as well as the Chi squared test to explore the distribution of each of the clinical
aptitude components, taking a value of p
≤
.05 as statistically significant.
Results: The general overall clinical aptitude level was sufficient in more than half of the
students. The component of the best evaluated clinical aptitude, was the fact of establishing
proper communication with the patient and/or family, with 92.5% of students achieving a
sufficient level of proficiency in this component, which corresponds to p=.0001.
Conclusions: The overall level of clinical aptitude in the subject of cardiology in undergraduate
students is sufficient.
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