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Percepción del ambiente educacional en dos escuelas de medicina con currículo tradicional: Estudio longitudinal

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (11), 2016
Background: To establish an educational environment that ensures the quality of the teaching-learning process is a challenge for any educational institution. The questionnaire DREEM (Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure) is used to identify strengths and weaknesses of an educational environment a...

Voluntariado: benefício a quem presta e a quem recebe

OBJETIVOS: É importante que durante o curso de medicina não seja negligenciada a atenção aos aspectos humanos e sociais da profissão. O presente artigo aborda o voluntariado direcionado aos aspectos sociais, com enfoque nas ações desenvolvidas por estudantes de medicina, nos quais se almeja desper...

Interest in research among medical students: Challenges for the undergraduate education

Summary Introduction: In recent decades, there has been a reduction in the number of graduates from medical schools who choose to pursue a career in scientific research. That has an impact on the profile of graduates, since medical education depends on understanding the formation of scientific evidence....

A ceroplastia e a medicina legal na Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, 1934-1950

Resumo O artigo busca investigar as relações entre a ceroplastia e a institucionalização da disciplina de medicina legal na Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. As peças em cera, representando doenças ou partes do corpo que seriam objeto da perícia médico-legal, foram produzidas p...

Predictors for choosing the specialty of Family Medicine from undergraduate knowledge and attitudes

Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT: CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: A cold climate towards primary care (PC) within medical academia could form a barrier against choosing family medicine (FM) as a career option. This study was designed to determine whether medical students' knowledge of and attitudes towards FM predicted their career ch...

Development of clinical reasoning in an undergraduate medical program at a Brazilian university

Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE The cognitive processes relating to the development of clinical reasoning are only partially understood, which explains the difficulties in teaching this skill in medical courses. This study aimed to understand how clinical reasoning develops among undergraduate medical st...

Script concordance test in medical schools in Brazil: possibilities and limitations

Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (2), 2016
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Routine use of the script concordance test (SCT) is not common in Brazilian universities. This study aimed to analyze application of the SCT in the medical school of a Brazilian university. DESIGN AND SETTING: Quantitative, analytical and descriptive study in the medical school ...