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The implementation and generalized use of Ambulatory Surgery worldwide is currently a clear reality. Its progressive growth is expected in the short term, but this globalization can also negatively affect the education and training of future doctors, as well as those who are being trained now, if it is not standardized and regulated, since a significant part of the management of the most common pathology that could be performed in Ambulatory Surgery is completed outside the training circuits of hospitals where resident doctors are trained...

OBJECTIVES: To assess the frequency of emergency department admissions (EDA) for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) and non-ACSC among older adults living in care homes (CH), to describe and compare their demographic and clinical characteristics, the outcomes of the hospitalisation process and the associated costs. METHOD: This multicenter, retrospective and observational study evaluated 2,444 EDAs of older adults ≥ 65 years old living in care homes in 5 emergency departments in Catalonia (Spain) by ACSC and non-ACSC, in 2017...

OBJECTIVE: To know the opinions of the agents involved in the training of family and community medicine residents in order to improve the training process of the «Project to Support the Revitalization of Primary Care; Assets for Community Health» (PARAC) taking into account its adequacy, contextualization and the methodologies used. METHOD: Qualitative interpretative-explanatory study of phenomenological orientation, multilevel and multicenter, in which the opinion of the participants is analyzed...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: More than half of institutionalized older people need a emergency department visit annually, with high resources consumption and higher risk of adverse events, due to high complexity. Direct admission to Acute Geriatric Unit (AGU), after geriatric consultant and nursing home medical team assessment, could be a safety and effective alternative to emergency department (ED) admission. METHODS: Retrospective observational study of AGU patients admitted by Nursing Home Geriatric Team between January, 1st and December, 31st, 2021...

OBJECTIVE:  To analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the residency of gynecology and obstetrics in São Paulo. METHODS:  Cross-sectional study developed by representatives of residents of the Association of Gynecology and Obstetrics of the State of São Paulo (SOGESP, in the Portuguese acronym). Data were collected from questionnaires applied to gynecology and obstetrics residents registered on the SOGESP website in February 2022. The interviewees answered about the repercussions of the pandemic on medical residency and whether they had technical and psychological support during the period...

Health Promotion consists of individual and group strategies to achieve equity and reduce risks related to the Social Determinants of Health. This study aims to analyze the Capacity for Change and Health Advocacy domains of the CompHP in the reality of a Multidisciplinary Residency Program in Family and Community Health. This qualitative exploratory research was conducted with twenty-one participants. Data were interpreted through Discourse Analysis under the lens of Depth Hermeneutics. In the capacity for change, we identified that promoting healthy lifestyles is insufficient to develop autonomous and emancipated individuals in the search for decent living conditions...

We define a journal club as a group of people who meet to critically read and discuss scientific articles. In medicine, journal clubs are a very important part of training during residency programs. In 2013, the Spanish Society of Medical Radiology's (SERAM) journal club was established with the aim of promoting the acquisition of non-interpretative skills and training in scientific journalism during residency. After nearly 10 years, more than 137 reviewers at 54 hospitals have formed part of the SERAM's journal club...

BACKGROUND: Rafael Lorente de Nó was a neuroscientist that worked alongside two of the giants of Medicine, the Nobel Prize winners Cajal and Bárány. OBJECTIVE: To describe the contributions of Lorente de Nó to vestibular neuroscience. METHODS: Detailed review of the publications of Lorente de Nó and analysis of the archives from Junta para Ampliación de Estudios e Investigaciones Científicas at Residencia de Estudiantes (Madrid, Spain), Casa de Salud Valdecilla at Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla (Santander, Spain), Becker Medical Library at Washington University (St...

OBJECTIVE: To bring up which was the surgical resident's perception about their learning experience during COVID-19 pandemic and if it interfered or not with their classes. METHOD: Cross-sectional observational study through an anonymous survey conducted among surgical residents. The Mexican Association of General Surgery, through its Women in Surgery Committee, created a questionnaire that included 40 questions. RESULTS: 465 participants were included in the survey: 225 women (48...

Introducción: los residentes de postgrado tienden a sufrir maltratos durante sus prácticas hospitalarias y estos comportamientos abusivos no deben considerarse normales. El objetivo fue describir la frecuencia y las características del maltrato en residentes de medicina del Paraguay en 2022. Metodología: se aplicó un diseño observacional de corte transversal. Se incluyó a los residentes de hospitales del Paraguay de aceptaban completar una encuesta online difundida por las redes sociales...

El objetivo es realizar un análisis sobre el sistema de residencias en Salud de la Nación Argentina desde la Teoría de la Complejidad, a fin de lograr mejorar la comprensión de la realidad de este sistema, permitiendo realizar un análisis desde otra perspectiva distinta a la tradicional.   Fuente y síntesis de datos: En esta revisión se analizan las propiedades y las características del sistema de residencias según el nuevo paradigma de la Ciencia de la Complejidad...

The training program for the Family and Community Medicine specialty (MFyC), which has been in effect since 2005, is currently undergoing a review and update process. This article proposes contributions to deepen the specific contents of the specialty in order to guide towards a more significant competency development. To carry out values-oriented training, it is suggested to deploy the values function and promote the creation of care spaces where the daily experience of those values is possible. It is proposed to establish a scale of values where the two essential values of the family physician are, in this order, a commitment to the individual person, and a commitment to the group of people under their care...

OBJECTIVE:  This study analyzes the role of clinical simulation in internal medical residency programs (IMRP) in Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN), attributed by the supervisors, in the training of residents in the city of São Paulo (SP). METHODS:  Cross-sectional descriptive, qualitative, and exploratory approach. Semi-structured interviews were performed with ten supervisors of Medical Residency programs in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Interviews were analyzed by means of content analysis under the thematic modality, starting with the core the role of clinical simulation in Obstetrics and Gynecology Medical Residency Programs...

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INTRODUCTION: Person-centered care (PCC) includes life story, a form of reminiscence therapy that can be useful in the treatment of dementia. We compared the efficacy of using a digital or conventional life story book (LSB) on depressive symptoms, communication, cognition, and quality of life. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Thirty one persons with dementia living in 2 PCC nursing homes were randomly assigned to receive reminiscence therapy based on the Neural Actions digital LSB (n=16) or a conventional LSB (n=15)...

OBJETIVO: comprobar la influencia de los conocimientos y los hábitos alimenticios en la sobrecarga ponderal según el ámbito de residencia (urbano o rural). MÉTODO: se administró un cuestionario a 451 personas, residentes en la zona básica de salud de Villaviciosa (Asturias, España), entre 35 y 65 años, distribuidas en zona rural y urbana, formulario compuesto por preguntas sobre datos sociodemográficos, hábitos y conocimientos nutricionales...

BACKGROUND: During the COVID-19 pandemic, virus contention measures such as strict confinement were declared in nursing homes. OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of confinement on the incidence of falls and their associated factors in institutionalized older persons during the first year of the pandemic compared to the previous year. METHODS: A multicenter, comparative study was conducted between the pre-pandemic year (March 2019 to February 2020) and the first year (March 2020 to February 2021) in five nursing homes in Catalonia (Spain)...

OBJECTIVE: To describe and analyze the exposure to ionizing radiation of orthopedic residents. METHOD: A prospective study was carried out to evaluate the degree of exposure to ionizing radiation with a bandage dosimeter placed under the lead apron for medical residents for 10 months. An online survey measured the degree of knowledge about radiation safety. RESULTS: 54 resident physicians participated. 55.6% report having knowledge of the existence of radiological protection equipment and 40...

INTRODUCTION: National and international trends continue to show greater emphasis on endovascular techniques for the treatment of cerebrovascular disease. The cerebrovascular neurosurgeon however must be adequately equipped to treat these patients via both open and endovascular techniques. METHODS: The decline in open cerebrovascular cases for aneurysm clipping has forced many trainees to pursue open cerebrovascular fellowships to increase case volume. An alternative strategy has been employed at our institution, which is early identification of subspecialty focus with resident driven self-selection of open cerebrovascular cases...

OBJECTIVE: Some bibliography supports a diagnostic and therapeutic delay in women with high cardiovascular risk. The objective of this paper was to know the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality in a cohort with Metabolic Syndrome (MetS); analyze possible differences in gender and place of residence, regarding the performance of primary angioplasties in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD). METHODS: Population cohort study, with SIDIAP database (Sistema de Información para la Investigación en Atención Primaria), in primary care in Catalonia...