Atención primaria y trastornos por consumo de alcohol: evaluación de un programa de formación del profesorado en Venezuela
Primary care and alcohol use disorders: evaluation of a faculty-development program in Venezuela
Rev. panam. salud pública; 12 (2), 2002
Publication year: 2002
Objective. Primary care offers an opportunity to identify and treat persons who
drink alcohol above permissible levels. In order to prepare primary care practitioners
around the world to prevent and treat alcohol-related problems, the National Institute
on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the United States of America has developed and
tested a model international program for educating physicians about such problems.
The model was designed to increase the clinical, teaching, and research skills of medical school faculty who work with medical students, residents, and primary care
physicians. Venezuela was one of the countries selected for the initiative.
Methods. During September 1999 a five-day faculty-development course consisting
of 19 workshops was conducted at the University of Zulia, which is located in the city
of Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela. Teaching strategies included class presentations, role
plays, case presentations, skills-building workshops, and having each participant develop a teaching plan that he or she would use. Results. Thirty-three faculty members from 9 of Venezuela’s 10 medical schools participated in the project. The 18 female and 15 male participants had an average age of 44 years.
The areas of specialization of the 33 participants were:
family medicine (9 participants), psychiatry (7), pediatrics (6), obstetrics (4), internal medicine (3), and unspecified (4). Of the 33 participants, 25 of them (76%) completed a six-month follow-up interview. This group said they had significantly increased their competence in 14 clinical areas and that they had successfully implemented new teaching activities within their respective medical schools and residency programs. Conclusions. This model proved to be an effective strategy for increasing training for physicians in the prevention and treatment of alcohol-related problems in Venezuela. The evaluation confirms similar findings in other countries where the program has been implemented
Objetivos. La atención primaria proporciona la oportunidad de identificar y tratar a personas cuyo consumo de alcohol se encuentra por encima de los niveles permisibles. Con el fin de
preparar a los médicos de atención primaria de todo el mundo para prevenir y tratar los problemas relacionados con el alcohol, el Instituto Nacional sobre el Abuso de Alcohol y el Alcoholismo (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: NIAAA) de los Estados
Unidos de América (EE. UU.) ha creado y probado un Programa Internacional de Educación
Médica sobre el Alcohol, destinado a aumentar las aptitudes clínicas, educativas e investigadoras del profesorado de las facultades de medicina que trabaja con los estudiantes universitarios, los residentes y los médicos de atención primaria. Venezuela fue uno de los países seleccionados para la puesta en marcha de esta iniciativa.
Métodos. Durante 5 días del mes de septiembre de 1999 se realizó en la Universidad del
Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela, un curso de formación del profesorado que consistió en 19 talleres. Los métodos de enseñanza fueron clases, representaciones demostrativas, presentaciones de casos, talleres de desarrollo de aptitudes y la creación de un plan educativo por cada uno de los participantes. Resultados.