Evaluation of the traditional programs of pediatric training in Puerto Rico
Valcárcel, M.I.; Sifontes, J.E.; Valles, L.F.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 73(7): 329-334
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 PMID: 6946789 Document Number: 168657
A training program in general pediatrics was initiated at the School of Medicine of the University of Puerto Rico in 1979. It is sponsored by a grant from the United States Public Health Service, Health Resources Administration in accordance with the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976. A questionnaire was developed in order to obtain information about the contents of traditional pediatric training programs in relation to the actual needs perceived by the pediatricians in practice. The replies were used for making appropriate changes in the curriculum of the General Pediatrics Training Program. In the future the questionnaire will be utilized as an instrument for evaluating the results of the General Pediatrics Program as well as the traditional programs. The questionnaire included 36 questions about curriculum. For 13 items between 11 percent and 30 percent of the pediatricians replied that their training had been insufficient. For another 15 items between 37 percent and 78 percent of the pediatricians reported that their training had been insufficient. All these items were of fundamental importance to optimal practice of general pediatrics in primary care settings.
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