Interculturalidad en salud en los currículos de formación médica y de profesionales sanitarios para un desempeño profesional efectivo

Abstract

This article reflects on the importance of comprehensive undergraduate training in the health professions, highlighting the biopsychosocial model and interculturality in health—with its various levels of application—conceived as the interaction between the health professional and the patient, their family, and the community. It values the sociocultural understanding of these actors in the processes of health and disease, ensuring therapeutic adherence. However, interculturality in undergraduate training, in addition to being linked to interaction, must be recognized as a socio-health component in public health research.