2016, Number 1
Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr 2016; 32 (1)
Influence of the social subjects on primary care medical services
Martínez BY, Otero CM
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Language: Spanish
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Page: 131-139
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: In Cuba, the human capital in health is considered the most important resource for the health system. Their training is prioritized for it is the way to continue to respond to the founding principles and the international compromises in cooperation.Objective: To identify the perception of the Medicine major graduates about the influence of the social subjects in the provision of health services in Pulido Humarán Polyclinic of La Lisa Municipality.
Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study, where a survey was conducted on graduates with less than five years of experience and interviews in details to professors charged with imparting the subjects defined as social ones.
Results: 60 % considered as disgusting the subjects Philosophy and Public Health; 80 % recognized at least two advantages of these for the community work. Philosophy was considered by the whole number of interviewees as the one with the lowest use frequency; the solution of health problem with the participation of the population was identified as a strength. Most professionals have applied the subject of Public Health in the realization of health situation analyses.
Conclusions: Doctors perceive the influence of the subjects as useful for the work they perform in the polyclinic, but they do not apply such knowledge. This problem comes from their training and grows roots later on when, in the daily life, the care service and management work prevails over the health-promotional and preventive work.
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