A Tale of Two Countries: Innovation and Collaboration Aimed at Changing the Culture of Medicine in Uruguay
| Autor: | Jeffrey Steiger, William H. Swiggart, Juan Dapueto, Mercedes Viera, Charles P. Samenow |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Health (social science)
020205 medical informatics Attitude of Health Personnel media_common.quotation_subject education Organizational culture Context (language use) 02 engineering and technology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Political science 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Cooperative Behavior Practice Patterns Physicians' Curriculum health care economics and organizations media_common Teamwork Medical education Social work Health Policy Professional development Professional Practice Issues ethics and legal aspects Philosophy of medicine Accountability Uruguay Empathy Delivery of Health Care |
| Zdroj: | HEC forum : an interdisciplinary journal on hospitals' ethical and legal issues. 30(4) |
| ISSN: | 1572-8498 |
| Popis: | This is a case study of a program to address professionalism at the Universidad de la Republica in Uruguay. We describe a five-year ongoing international collaboration. Relevant characteristics of the context, the program components, activities, and results were analyzed. The expected outcomes were to introduce standards of professional practices in the curricula of medical students and residents and the implementation of a program that might lead to a significant change in the culture of medicine in the University. Traditional didactics, interactive theater, and professional development workshops, issues such as teamwork and communication, professional behavior, and the culture of medicine, and physician wellness were addressed. A total of 359 faculty members, general practitioners, stakeholders, and other healthcare professionals (nurses, psychologists, social workers) participated in the intervention. The process led to specific achievements including new content in the curricula, the use of educational innovations to address issues of professionalism, a growing institutional culture of accountability, and the establishment of new rules and regulations. The strategies and interventions followed in the case of Uruguay can serve as a model to other developing countries to promote physician professionalism, wellness, and joy. |
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