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. 2025 Jan 13:51:e20243859.
doi: 10.1590/0100-6991e-20243859-en. eCollection 2025.

Comments on "Reflections on the Inclusion of Direct-Care Physicians as Educators in Community Hospitals"

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Alexandre Slullitel  1   1
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Comments on "Reflections on the Inclusion of Direct-Care Physicians as Educators in Community Hospitals"

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Alexandre Slullitel. Rev Col Bras Cir. .

Abstract
in English, Portuguese

We discuss the arguments exposed in the Letter to the Editor "Reflections on the Inclusion of Direct-Care Physicians as Educators in Community Hospitals", exploring the teaching competencies necessary for community preceptors in the context of medical education, highlighting the growing responsibility of these professionals in the training of future physicians in health-deprived regions. From a narrative review, we analyze faculty development (FD) programs, emphasizing their importance in improving teaching skills, creating support networks, and providing personalized content for specific challenges. Among the competence domains identified are teaching skills, evaluation criteria, professionalism, communication, and leadership/management. In addition, we suggest Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) as tools to assess and develop these competencies. FD programs, when well structured, benefit preceptors, students, and communities, improving the quality of teaching and care outcomes.

São debatidos os argumentos expostos na Carta ao Editor “Reflexões sobre a Inserção de Médicos Assistenciais como Educadores em Hospitais Comunitários”, explorando as competências docentes necessárias para preceptores comunitários no contexto da educação médica, destacando a crescente responsabilidade desses profissionais na formação de futuros médicos em regiões carentes de saúde. A partir de uma revisão narrativa, são analisados programas de desenvolvimento do corpo docente (Faculty Development - FD), enfatizando sua importância para aprimorar habilidades de ensino, criar redes de apoio e fornecer conteúdos personalizados para desafios específicos. Entre os domínios de competência identificados estão habilidades de ensino, critérios de avaliação, profissionalismo, comunicação e liderança/gestão. Além disso, são sugeridas atividades práticas profissionais (EPA) como ferramentas para avaliar e desenvolver essas competências. Os programas de FD, quando bem estruturados, beneficiam preceptores, alunos e comunidades, melhorando a qualidade do ensino e dos desfechos assistenciais.

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