Medical Evaluation Processes in Clinical settings. Qualitative Analysis through the Experience of Teachers and Students

Evaluation processes in clinical practice havenot been well, being their study focused on the technical issues concerning these processes.This study tried an approach to the evaluationprocesses through the analysis of perceptionsfrom teachers and students about the methodologyof evaluation considering the teachinglearningprocesses performed in a clinicalpractice of the Medicine Program –UniversidadEl Bosque from Bogota. With this purpose weconducted interviews with teachers and studentssearching the manner in which the evaluative,learning and teaching processes are done; thenwe analyzed the perception from both agentsconcerning the way these processes are related.The interviews were categorized bath deductivelyand inductively, and then contrasted withsome current theories of learning, teaching andevaluation in medicine. The study showed thatnowadays the evaluation and, in general, theeducative processes are affected by several factorswhich are associated to the manner theprofessional practice is developed, and the educativeprocess of the current teachers. We concludedthere is no congrency between theapproach of the evaluation, mainly conductivist,and the learning and teaching strategiesmainly constructivist. This fact cause dissent inteachers and students

Procesos de evaluación médica en el área clínica. Análisis cualitativo a través de la experiencia de docentes y estudiantes

Evaluation processes in clinical practice have not been well, being their study focused on the technical issues concerning these processes. This study tried an approach to the evaluation processes through the analysis of perceptions from teachers and students about the methodology of evaluation considering the teachinglearning processes performed in a clinical practice of the Medicine Program –Universidad El Bosque from Bogota. With this purpose we conducted interviews with teachers and students searching the manner in which the evaluative, learning and teaching processes are done; then we analyzed the perception from both agents concerning the way these processes are related. The interviews were categorized bath deductively and inductively, and then contrasted with some current theories of learning, teaching and evaluation in medicine. The study showed that nowadays the evaluation and, in general, the educative processes are affected by several factors which are associated to the manner the professional practice is developed, and the educative process of the current teachers. We concluded there is no congrency between the approach of the evaluation, mainly conductivist, and the learning and teaching strategies mainly constructivist. This fact cause dissent in teachers and students.Los procesos de evaluación en la práctica clínica médica han sido poco investigados, perfilándose su estudio a la manera técnica de realizarlos. Este estudio buscó realizar una aproximación a los procesos de evaluación clínica en medicina mediante la valoración de las percepciones de docentes y estudiantes acerca de los métodos de evaluación a la luz de los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje llevados a cabo en una rotación clínica del programa de Medicina de la Universidad El Bosque en Bogotá. Con este fin se realizaron entrevistas a docentes y estudiantes, indagando sobre la manera como se dan los procesos de evaluación, enseñanza y aprendizaje; posteriormente, se analizó la percepción de ambos agentes sobre la forma como se relacionan dichos procesos. Estas entrevistas fueron categorizadas de manera deductiva e inductiva y contrastadas con las diferentes teorías existentes en enseñanza, aprendizaje y evaluación médicas. Se evidenció que en la actualidad, la evaluación y en general el proceso educativo son afectados por factores asociados a cómo se desarrolla el ejercicio profesional y por la forma en que se desarrolló el proceso educativo de los actuales docentes. Se concluyó que hay incoherencia frente al enfoque de la evaluación primordialmente conductista, en relación con las estrategias de enseñanza y aprendizaje utilizadas enmarcadas en el constructivismo, lo cual se manifiesta en inconformidad de docentes y estudiantes