Professional skills of Internal Medicine specialists to care for pregnant women with associated pathologies

Abstract

The need to have doctors specialized in Internal Medicine prepared to guarantee the quality of health services according to the always gradual demands of the population, continues to be a priority of the Cuban Health System. This preparation requires a deep mastery of both theoretical knowledge and those professional skills necessary for professional performance during the care of a number of medical problems related to the internal systems of the adult individual, their prevention and treatment from an integral conception of the human being; Among them, attention to pregnant women acquires a great connotation due to the high risk of appearance in the pregnancy stage of certain pathologies. In this sense, the objective of this work was to carry out a characterization of the training and development of professional skills of the Internal Medicine resident for the care of pregnant women with associated pathologies. A mixed approach was assumed on a sequential design for obtaining the information that allowed the performance of a triangulation of data. The main methods used in the empirical order were the interview to different sample groups and the observation of teaching activities; The analytical-synthetic and the inductive-deductive methods were used as theoretical methods. The results of the research allowed us to determine the main characteristics of the training and development of professional skills of Internal Medicine residents for the care of pregnant women with associated pathologies.