Diagnóstico situacional del proceso enseñanza aprendizaje en posgrados de una unidad académica de Medicina. Una aproximación desde la percepción de docentes y profesionales estudiantes

Introduction

The objective of the study was to verify the progress of implementation of the pedagogical model oriented to postgraduate competencies of a medical school, since it implemented a new curricular framework since 2016, achieving a first cohort of graduates, who will seek to consolidate their training in subspecialties offered by the academic unit.

Methods

Qualitative study with a hermeneutic, interpretive approach with teachers and final year residents of selected postgraduate courses. The data were obtained through semi-structured interviews and focus groups. The training programs were analyzed. The pedagogical model oriented to postgraduate competencies was the main category that guided the questions, the following dimensions being analyzed: academic management, teaching practice, professional student learning and curricular structure. Data collection concluded once theoretical saturation was obtained.

Results

Analyzing 22 interviews with teachers and focus groups with 16 final-year postgraduate residents, it was identified that the pedagogical model currently implemented is mostly content-based, with insufficiently developed innovations. Teachers with heterogeneous training and involvement in higher education and implementation of the new model. Residents of specialties perceived as spectators, not involved in the training process that should have been integrated into the postgraduate degree to ensure the necessary competencies indicated.

Conclusion

In the postgraduate field, the pedagogical model by content prevails, without the orientation by competencies having had continuity, verifying the need for interventions in teacher training, student involvement, improvement of infrastructure and assurance of educational quality, to saturate the objectives of the plan institutional strategic.