Assessment of the integrative pediatric care competence in pediatric interns

Abstract

Introduction: Pediatrics is the branch of General Medicine that
is responsible for the study of the conditions of the internal systems
of children and adolescents, as well as their prevention and treatment
through personal and continuous care, with an integral conception of
the individual as a biological, psychic and social unit, in order to provide
solutions to a large number of medical problems defined for their care.
Objective: To evaluate the competence for integrative pediatric care
in pediatric residents.
Material and Methods: A quantitative research, of pre-experimental,
observational, transversal type was carried out from a sample of 26
residents of the Pediatric Specialty Program of the University of Medical
Sciences of Holguin, assuming simple random probability sampling.
Results: The profile of the integrative pediatric assistance
competence that singles out the Pediatrician's assistance function and
the instrument for its evaluation were provided. Improvements were
found in the care performance of the residents by proposing innovative
alternatives to solve health problems in pediatric patients.
Conclusions: The competence of integrative pediatric assistance
expresses the integration of knowledge that allows the pediatrician,
from a holistic vision, to solve health care problems of pediatric patients
in which the clinical, epidemiological and investigative methods
are integrated, taking into account the social complexities and the
management of sexuality in view of the new projection of current times,
addictions, as well as environmental and social changes of the family and
community environment and their impact on the health-disease process
in pediatric ages.