TY - JOUR
T1 - Características generales de la educación médica en México. Una mirada desde las escuelas de medicina
AU - Fajardo-Dolci, Germán E.
AU - Santacruz-Varela, Javier
AU - Lara-Padilla, Eleazar
AU - Martínez, Eduardo García Luna
AU - Zermeño-Guerra, Alejandro
AU - Gómez, Julio César
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Objective. To know the characteristics of medical education and identify its strengths and weaknesses. Materials and methods. A transversal and quantitative study of the characteristics of medical education in 29 medical schools in Mexico was carried out, between April and September 2017. Questionnaire with Likert scale was applied to explore context, regulation, structure, process, results and impact of medical education. Bivariate analysis was performed with a Chi square test and the significance level was equal to or less than 0.05. Results. The political context obtained 64%, economical context 10% and mechanisms of regulation 31%. The educational structure was 61% and the social impact was 93%. Conclusions. Public policies, regulatory mechanisms and public investment must be strengthened to improve the quality of medical education.
AB - Objective. To know the characteristics of medical education and identify its strengths and weaknesses. Materials and methods. A transversal and quantitative study of the characteristics of medical education in 29 medical schools in Mexico was carried out, between April and September 2017. Questionnaire with Likert scale was applied to explore context, regulation, structure, process, results and impact of medical education. Bivariate analysis was performed with a Chi square test and the significance level was equal to or less than 0.05. Results. The political context obtained 64%, economical context 10% and mechanisms of regulation 31%. The educational structure was 61% and the social impact was 93%. Conclusions. Public policies, regulatory mechanisms and public investment must be strengthened to improve the quality of medical education.
KW - Human resources
KW - Medical education
KW - Staff development
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U2 - 10.21149/10149
DO - 10.21149/10149
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 31661742
SN - 0036-3634
VL - 61
SP - 648
EP - 656
JO - Salud Publica de Mexico
JF - Salud Publica de Mexico
IS - 5
ER -