Medical Evaluation Processes in Clinical settings. Qualitative Analysis through the Experience of Teachers and Students

Abstract

Evaluation processes in clinical practice havenot been well, being their study focused on the technical issues concerning these processes.This study tried an approach to the evaluationprocesses through the analysis of perceptionsfrom teachers and students about the methodologyof evaluation considering the teachinglearningprocesses performed in a clinicalpractice of the Medicine Program –UniversidadEl Bosque from Bogota. With this purpose weconducted interviews with teachers and studentssearching the manner in which the evaluative,learning and teaching processes are done; thenwe analyzed the perception from both agentsconcerning the way these processes are related.The interviews were categorized bath deductivelyand inductively, and then contrasted withsome current theories of learning, teaching andevaluation in medicine. The study showed thatnowadays the evaluation and, in general, theeducative processes are affected by several factorswhich are associated to the manner theprofessional practice is developed, and the educativeprocess of the current teachers. We concludedthere is no congrency between theapproach of the evaluation, mainly conductivist,and the learning and teaching strategiesmainly constructivist. This fact cause dissent inteachers and students.

Keywords

• Medical Education
• Qualitative Research
• Evaluation
• Learning
• Teaching