Percepción sobre el perfil profesional de la carrera de medicina de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad de Cuenca. 2013

Abstract

Objective: To determine the criterion of graduate students of the School of Medicine and leaders of health institutions about the professional profile and competencies of graduate physician at the University of Cuenca Methods: A descriptive study was conducted with a sample of 310 physicians with no more than 10 years following graduation from the career and with the heads of health services regardless of their graduating year, who were given a survey to ascertain their views on the work performance against medical professionals profile offered by the Medicine School of the University of Cuenca. Results: From 310 surveys, 240 were applied to graduates of the Medical School and 70 were applied to the heads of health services, accounting for 77.5% and 22.5% of respondents, respectively. The average age of graduates was 29 years and the average age of the heads of health services was 44 years. As the years have passed from graduation until the survey was 4 years on average for graduates and 16.5 for departmental heads. In the perception of both groups on the level of university education are minor differences, with a positive balance on the criteria in the development of competencies placing in the categories of “Very Good” and “Good” when rating the various aspects of skills declaring graduate profile.