Perception of Medicine Interns at the University of Antofagasta regarding the academic training received to face the professional cycle

Abstract

The general objective of the research was to analyze the perception of the interns who are in the seventh year of the Medicine Career at the University of Antofagasta regarding the academic training received to face the professional cycle of their Career. Regarding the methodology, an exploratory-descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study was developed. The research design corresponds to a non-experimental study. Participants were 33 students out of a total of 59, who at the time of the study were in the Seventh Year Internship of the Medicine Career at the University of Antofagasta. The study was approved by the Ethics and Scientific Research Committee of the University of Antofagasta. Regarding the results, the degrees of agreement prevail in the studied dimensions (over 45%). A high degree of indecision was observed in the respondents when responding (which was reflected in the percentages obtained by the response category "Neither agree nor disagree"). The highest degree of disagreement (27.3%) was in the question that asked about the approach to the work context in the subjects of the basic cycle of the Career. In conclusion, student-centered learning prevails and the need arises for integration between the basic and professional cycle of the Career, and the evaluation of the relevance of the contents addressed in the first.