THE MEDICAL PERFORMANCE OF MEDICAL STUDENTS IN INITIAL TRAINING

Abstract

The training of the medical student has been the object of occupation throughout history, it has been directed to solve health problems through an integral medical attention, which constitutes a demand of society and the health system. The training model for medical students must be in line with the demands of the historical context, which requires a professional capable of resolving the contradictions of medical practice. The present research focuses on the training of the medical professional's way of acting (MAPMe, acronym in Spanish), of the medical student in initial training, from the growing need for the training process to take place, from the first years of the career, in the coherent relationship between theory and practice, a key role in the expansion of the common space shared by teachers and medical specialists, with students and the population. The main theoretical results are materialized in a methodology that provides training levels of the medical performance of medical students, as well as dimensions, indicators and sub-indicators that make it possible to evaluate the changes operated. The practical results are synthesized in the interventional aspect of the methodology, which is centered on three interrelated stages, in order to specify the levels, referred to previously. The research contains the operationalization of the research variable, the main transformations revealed in the experiment, and the results of the consultation with specialists, who corroborate the validity of the methodology in its theoretical and interventional aspect.