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OBJETIVO: Analizar la aptitud clínica y su relación con el promedio general (final) en los egresados de la licenciatura de medicina de una institución del sector privado. MÉTODOS: Mediante un estudio transversal y prospectivo se estudiaron a 58 alumnos egresados de la Licenciatura de Medicina. La aptitud clínica se definió operacionalmente como la medición que se obtiene al aplicar un instrumento que explora esta parte de la competencia clínica, basado en casos clínicos reales. La validación del instrumento fue realizada por los profesores de la propia escuela de medicina, quedando la versión definitiva en 320 reactivos. Se exploraron seis indicadores como: identificación de factores de riesgo, reconocimiento de datos clínicos, integración diagnóstica, utilización e interpretación de estudios de laboratorio, decisiones terapéuticas y medidas de seguimiento. Para el análisis de los resultados, se utilizó estadística descriptiva y para obtener la relación entre variables cuantitativas, se realizó el coeficiente de correlación de Pearson. Además se calculó la calificación esperada por azar. RESULTADOS: La consistencia interna del instrumento de medición utilizado fue de 0,82. La correlación del promedio final de la carrera y el nivel de aptitud clínica alcanzada por los alumnos recién egresados de la Licenciatura de Medicina fue de 0,42 (p< 0,01). CONCLUSIONES: Aunque el grado de desarrollo de la aptitud clínica no es el deseable, existe cierto grado de correlación entre el promedio final de la carrera y la aptitud clínica al término del octavo semestre.
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinical aptitude and its relation to general average (final) in the graduates of Medicine Bachelor's degree from a private institution. METHODS: A cross-sectional and prospective study was applied in 58 graduate students of Medicine Bachelor's degree. The clinical aptitude was defined operationally as the measurement is obtained by applying an instrument to explore this part of clinical competence, based on real clinical cases. Tool validation was made by professor of the same Medicine school where the definitive version remained in 320 reactives. Six indicators were explored: identification of risk factors, recognition of clinical data, diagnostic integration, use and interpretation of laboratory studies, therapeutical decisions and follow-up measures. For the results analysis we used the descriptive statistics and to obtain the relation among the quantitative variables we performed the Pearson's correlation coefficient. Also, we estimated the random expected qualification. RESULTS: The internal consistency of measurement tool used was of 0,82. Final average correlation of the career and the clinical aptitude level achieved by the newly graduate students of Medicine Bachelor's degree was of 0,42 (p < 0,01). CONCLUSIONS: Although the development level of the clinical aptitude isn't the desirable one, there is come level of correlation between final average of the career and the clinical aptitude at the end of eighth semester.
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OBJECTIVE: To compare the clinical aptitude in preeclampsy and eclampsy attention in medical personnel that work in first level of attention. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional, prospective comparative study was performed to compare the clinical aptitude in pre-eclampsy and eclampsy attention in family practice physicians. A questionnaire comprising four clinical real cases, that belong to maternal death cases developed in the previous year of the study, was applied to 77 doctors that work at a familiar medicine unit. This questionnaire was formed by 109 statements, 54 were true correct answers and 55 were false correct answers. To compare the clinical aptitude among the group of physicians evaluated, a Kruskal-Wallis and U Mann-Whitney tests were used. RESULTS: In general any difference were observed in the clinical aptitude in pre-eclampsy and eclampsy according to the obtained academic degree and the antiquity at work (p = NS). The clinical aptitude level identified was the mean level, with a medium of 57 to 74 of a theoretical total of 109. CONCLUSIONS: The development grade about clinical aptitude that present family practice physicians was not the desirable, for the optimal attention in this pathology.