- Innovations in Medical Education
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Stress and Burnout Research
- Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation
- Health and Medical Education
- Learning Styles and Cognitive Differences
- Problem and Project Based Learning
- Academic Writing and Publishing
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Medical Education and Admissions
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
- Innovative Teaching Methods
- Writing and Handwriting Education
- Education and Critical Thinking Development
- Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
- Evaluation of Teaching Practices
- Geography and Education Methods
- Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Latin American Urban Studies
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
2010-2023
The burnout syndrome affects more than half of students and professionals involved in healthcare worldwide is characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization a low perception self-efficacy. Several studies indicate that when are burnt-out, clinical work, professionalism ethical behavior, as well empathy, negatively affected, while the risk academic attrition, depression suicidal ideation tend to increase. At national level, recent information shows one out every two medical suffer...
Medical students experience high levels of psychological stress during clinical training. However, most medical curricula do not teach self-care skills. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted education causing increased distress among students.To report the implementation and impact an eight-week multifaceted mindfulness-based program on students' well-being pandemic.One hundred twenty-three fourth-year attended as part a mandatory course from April to May 2020, rising phase in Chile. They were...
Background: Most students admitted to medical school are abstract-passive learners. However, as they progress through the program, active learning and concrete interpersonal interactions become crucial for acquisition of professional competencies. The purpose this study was determine if how students' styles change during course their undergraduate program. Methods: All Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC) between 2000 2011 (n = 1,290) took Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory at...
At the end of May 2017, third version Latin American Conference on Resident Education, LACRE, was held in Chile; it convened 433 people from 14 regional countries. Chronic stress and emotional exhaustion residents one topics discussed. Reports different countries documented that about half suffer burnout. This is, they are emotionally drained, indifferent towards their patients with a sense low personal fulfillment at work. article describes contributions presented LACRE interventions or...
A workshop to improve written communication skills of medical studentsBackground: Despite being among the best academically prepared country, many students have difficulties communicate in writing.In 2005, School Medicine at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile introduced a writing undergraduate curriculum, enhance students' skills.Aim: To describe and its impact on 3 cohorts students.Material methods: This 30-h used participative methodology with emphasis deliberate practice...
Background: Narrative medicine has showed to be a powerful instrument reinforce relationships, identity, and self-knowledge among health professionals. Subjective issues have been recently recognized as relevant for faculty development in addition the technical aspects. Since 2006 creative writing workshop included part of Diploma Medical Education at medical school Pontifi cia Universidad Católica de Chile. Aim: To describe experience resultsof (2006-2010).Material Methods: Descriptive...
Teaching methods of the undergraduate medical curriculum change considerably from first years to clinical training. Clinical learning occurs in complex and varied scenarios while caring for patients. Students have adapt their approaches strategies be able integrate theory practice become experiential learners.To identify used by students learn during initial years, as reported themselves tutors.We performed eight focus group discussions with 54 enrolled three six we interviewed tutors. Both...
ABSTRACT Background: The operating room (OR) environment presents specific conditions that put stress on work dynamics. Disruptive behavior among members of the health team is recognized to affect dynamics and patient outcomes. As surgeons have been syndicated as frequent disruptors, objective was explore their perceptions about OR working occurrence disruptive behavior. Study design: Qualitative exploratory study, based semi-structured individual interviews. Twenty participants were sampled...
L os médicos necesitan habilidades para cumplir su rol docente, enseñando a los estudiantes, pacientes y sus familias, la comunidad al equipo de salud [1][2][3][4][5] .Este aparece precozmente durante profesión.Por ejemplo, residentes dedican varias horas por semana enseñar estudiantes o menos experimen-tados.Dicho ha sido reconocido en perfiles competencias esperadas graduados medicina, cuales enfatizan importancia
Perceptions of students and teachers
Modeling the academic performance of
Background: Throughout medical education, students are gradually incorporated into authentic clinical practice scenarios.
CEACLIN, an instrument suited to identify medical students´ strategies learn in pre-clerkship yearsBackground: Upon the beginning of years, students must develop from experience and improve their relational skills communicate with patients.Aim: To used by clinical contexts.Material Methods: Using a Delfi technique reach consensus, national panel teachers 15 Chilean schools analyzed 80item questionnaire built perceptions one school.After two rounds pilot application, 48-item was obtained.Its...
existe evidencia sobre el desgaste profesional experimentado por profesorado del área de la salud producto sobrecarga que implica combinación los roles académico, investigador y asistencial. Es mandatorio generar conocimiento iniciativas promuevan su autocuidado a nivel individual e institucional. El objetivo estudio es examinar través indicadores bienestar subjetivo implementación programa «Bases científicas herramientas para profesionales salud». se evaluó síndrome profesional, atención...