[The new program of the Family and Community Medicine specialty: An opportunity not to be missed]
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.aprim.2023.102650
[The new program of the Family and Community Medicine specialty: An opportunity not to be missed]
Abstract
The training program for the Family and Community Medicine specialty (MFyC), which has been in effect since 2005, is currently undergoing a review and update process. This article proposes contributions to deepen the specific contents of the specialty in order to guide towards a more significant competency development. To carry out values-oriented training, it is suggested to deploy the values function and promote the creation of care spaces where the daily experience of those values is possible. It is proposed to establish a scale of values where the two essential values of the family physician are, in this order, a commitment to the individual person, and a commitment to the group of people under their care. Additionally, it is proposed to reorganize the competency map around five competency integrators or meta-competencies: patient-centered clinical method, population-based clinical governance, primary care oriented to the community, health promotion or community health based on assets, and research in the family and community field.
El programa formativo de la especialidad de medicina familiar y comunitaria (MFyC), vigente desde 2005, se encuentra en proceso de revisión y actualización. Este artículo hace aportaciones para profundizar en los contenidos específicos de la especialidad que orienten hacia un desarrollo competencial más significativo.
Se plantea, para llevar a cabo una formación orientada a los valores, realizar el despliegue de la función valores y propiciar la creación de espacios asistenciales en los que la experiencia cotidiana de esos valores sea posible.
Se propone establecer una escala de valores en la que los 2 valores esenciales del médico de familia sean, por este orden, el compromiso con la persona, en singular, y el compromiso con el conjunto de las personas a su cargo, en plural. A su vez se propone la reorganización del mapa de competencias en torno a 5 integradores competenciales o metacompetencias: el método clínico centrado en el paciente, la gestión clínica de base poblacional, la atención primaria orientada a la comunidad, la promoción de la salud o salud comunitaria basada en activos y la investigación en el ámbito familiar y comunitario.
Keywords: Atención primaria y comunitaria; Despliegue de la función valor; Educación médica; Family Medine; Internado y residencia; Internship and Residency; Medical education; Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria; Métodos educativos; Primary Health Care; Teaching methods; Value function deployment.
Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.
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