2014, Number 1
Inpatient external clinic as alternative educational scenarios for the teaching of the subject General Surgery
Hidalgo HM, Solís CSL, Fleites GG, Fernández SZ, Santana MAR
Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 134-143
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: the municipalized teaching of the General Surgery constitutes a new focus in the formation of the integral general doctors. However, it is a reality the difficulties to achieve that the students acquires the indispensable abilities for an appropriate physical exam in the subject General Surgery.Objective: to value about the best educational scenario in which medicine students acquires the more possible quantity of knowledge proposed in the program of the subject General Surgery.
Material and Methods: it was done a prospective and longitudinal study that included to the students of fourth year of medicine of two clinics of the Faculty "Finlay-Albarrán", in the courses 2008-2009, 2009-2010 and 2010-2011, during the rotation of General Surgery. Were excluded those students whose cards didn't gather the necessary conditions for the study, being a final sample of 43 students. Education activities were planned in the work during the stay. At the end of each rotation they do practical exams for stations which included elements of these consultations.
Results: of the total of sick with affection of the neck were assisted in the hospital external clinic 86.6%. In relation with the illnesses of the breast and the thorax, were examined in the hospital external consultations, 84, 7% students. Of 260 sick persons assisted by illnesses of the abdomen, 163 were examined by the students, the most part during their stay in the hospital clinic. Other illnesses like tumors of soft parts, proctologics and angiologics entities, only could be seen in the hospital external clinics. 79.1% of the 43 students obtained qualification of five points; eight obtained qualification of four (18, 6%); one of three (2, 3%). there was not qualification of two.
Conclusions: the hospital external clinic was the better educational scenarios for the formation of knowledge in medical students.
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