Abstract

BARRIENTOS-JIMENEZ, Mirlene; DURAN-PEREZ, Verónica Daniela; LEON-CARDONA, Alan Giovanni  and  GARCIA-TELLEZ, Sahira Eunice. Deliberate practice of medical education. Rev. Fac. Med. (Méx.) [online]. 2015, vol.58, n.6, pp.48-55. ISSN 2448-4865.

The physician is a health expert, focused on diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases. One of the most accepted models explaining the achievement of the expertise is the deliberate practice understood as a theoretical framework based on specific and precise objectives in order to acquire, develop and increase cognitive and motor skills, in addition to the improvement of the quality of care and patient safety. The required elements to perform adequately the deliberate practice are: 1) clear objectives, 2) motivation, 3) feedback, and 4) repetition.

The competency-based education states that education should be focused on the student, and the deliberate practice contributes to the fulfillment of this purpose. Therefore various teaching strategies have been designed including curricular changes, Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) and simulators and methods of clinical teaching, in order to increase the quality of undergraduate, post-graduate and continuing education, training competent physicians with the necessary skills to improve the quality of care and patient safety in the exercise of their profession.

Keywords : Deliberate practice; medical education; physician; expert; competences.

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