Family Medicine Resident Doctor Ability for Integrative Assessment of the Family

Abstract

Objective: to determine the ability of integrative assessment of the family in a group of resident doctors in Family Medicine. Methods: observational, cross-sectional and comparative study for which it was developed and validated an instrument that explores the ability of an integrative assessment of the family. Its internal consistency was calculated with the Kuder-Richardson 20 test after a pre-sampling, the U of Mann-Whitney was used to compare the two halves of the instrument (semi-partition) and to confirm if there is or there is not difference between them. The number of possible answers expected were randomly determined with the Perez-Padilla and Viniegra test. Finally the instrument evaluated 49 residents in Family Medicine from the three years of an academic office. Results: the internal consistency of the instrument was 0.9. When comparing the two halves, it was obtained a p=0.47. Applying the instrument, 65% of the sample had low grade, 25% in very low grade and 10% in the intermediate. There were no statistically significant differences between the three assessed grades (p>0.5). Conclusions: the elaborated instrument is valid and reliable. Ability to integrative assessment of the family in residents doctors is little developed, regardless of the years of experience, so it is necessary a change in teaching, based on more effective educational strategies.