Level of Teaching Competence of Professors of the Family Medicine Residency

Abstract

Objective: to determine the level of teaching competence of Professors of the Family Medicine Residency in the Family Medicine Unit (fmu) no. 1, in Sonora, Mexico. Methods: cross-sectional and descriptive study. Non-randomized sample by convenience of health professionals, tutors of the Family Medicine Residency; it was assessed their level of competition through functional indicators (academic, administrative and community competition) as well as behavioral. Two instruments of measurement were applied one to medical residents and the second one to the Coordinator of Education evaluating their performance. Results: 41 health professionals were evaluated, the most common category was not a Family physician specialist. Hospitals were the clinical field in 78.8%. The medical resident evaluated the teaching competition as excellent in 51.9% and the coordination of education as deficient in 81%. The level of competition was not satisfactory in 78.8%; successfully regular in 15.4% and satisfactorily good in 5.8%. Conclusions: the level of teaching competence and academic competition were not satisfactory; the administrative, community and behavioral competences were deficient.