Objetivo: evaluar la autopercepción del alumno acerca de su competencia profesional para resolver problemas específicos en algunas dimensiones de la atención médica. Material y métodos: estudio descriptivo y transversal. Mediante muestreo por conveniencia se solicitó a los alumnos del tercer año de la especialidad en medicina familiar participar voluntariamente para responder de forma anónima el cuestionario, mismo que se aplicó a 247 alumnos de un total de 880 estudiantes de tercer año del Curso de Especialización en Medicina Familiar para Médicos Generales (CEMFMG), durante 2007. El cuestionario exploró la competencia en dos áreas: aptitudes clínicas y aptitudes en áreas particulares a la medicina familiar. Resultados: se identificó una elevada percepción de competencia profesional, sin embargo, aunque con porcentajes bajos, algunos médicos reportaron falta de competencia en situaciones que debieran dominar por ser aspectos de presentación frecuente en el trabajo cotidiano del médico familiar: interpretación del electrocardiograma, manejo del paciente deprimido, obesidad, cefaleas, epilepsia, complicaciones del embarazo, violencia familiar y alteraciones de la columna vertebral. Conclusiones: se detectaron áreas con baja percepción de competencia profesional. La mayoría de los alumnos del CEMFMG se percibieron competentes para la mayoría de las condiciones investigadas.
Objective: to evaluate self-perception of students about their professional competence to solve specific problems in some areas of medical care. Material and methods: descriptive and crosssectional study. Sampling by convenience, the students of the third year of Family Medicine Specialization were asked to voluntarily participate to answer anonymously a questionnaire, which was applied to 247 students from a total of 880 students of the third year of the Course of Specialization in Family Medicine for General Practitioners (CEMFMG), during 2007. The questionnaire explored competition in two areas: clinical skills and skills in particular areas of Family Medicine. Results: it was identified a high perception of professional competence, however, although with low percentages, some physicians reported lack of competence in situations that should dominate as aspects of frequent submission in daily work of the Family Physician: interpretation of the electrocardiogram, management of the depressed patient, obesity, headaches, epilepsy, pregnancy complications, family violence and disorders of the spinal column. Conclusions: it was detected areas with a low perception of professional competence. Most of the students of the CEMFMG perceived competent for the majority of the researched conditions. It is required to conduct longitudinal studies to confirm these findings.
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