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Introduction: The needs of medically-underserved populations (MUPs) are consistently outpacing the number of physicians caring for them. Medical students' motivations toward working with MUPs consistently decline as they progress through medical school. Given the shortage of doctors caring for MUPs, the objective of our study was to further investigate factors that influence medical students' motivation to work with MUPs while they progress through their education. By identifying these elements, we hope to recommend identified factors within medical education that support the development of more physicians who care for MUPs. Methods: This cross-sectional study is an assessment of medical students at the University of Texas at Southwestern Medical School (UTSW). The study utilized the Medical Student Attitudes Toward the Underserved (MSATU), a validated survey that assesses medical student motivations toward the provision of medical care to MUPs. Surveys were administered at three time points selected to represent key transition points in medical education. Results: There was no significant difference between MSATU scores among the three time points. MSATU scores were higher among students who identified as female, had higher empathy, had higher value placed on teamwork, and had higher community-centeredness. MSATU scores were also higher among students planning to specialize in primary care compared to students planning to specialize in a non-primary care field (P=.239). Conclusion: This study identifies factors associated with high MSATU scores within UTSW medical education, including female identification, higher empathy score, higher emphasis on teamwork, higher community-centeredness, and plans to practice primary care. Additionally, the results support maintenance of MSATU scores across all three time points. Future research should examine individual-level data to determine whether individual students are maintaining their MSATU scores or if individual fluctuations are neutralized by group changes.
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La globalización es un fenómeno reciente, que avalado por adelantos científicos técnicos interrelaciona todos los países del mundo, esta interacción en esferas: económicas, políticas, socioculturales ha creado una cultura global que en muchos casos ha resquebrajado el sistema de valores de cada país. Nuestro sistema de valores respaldado y formado por años de historia y lucha, ha creado un pueblo identificado por sus ansias de solidaridad e internacionalismo manifiesto, a pesar de todo, la crisis económica mundial ha incidido directamente en la formación de valores en los profesionales de la salud de nuestro país sobre todo el personal de enfermería y específicamente los enfermeros de cuidados progresivos. Se diseñó un estudio longitudinal y prospectivo en el Hospital Pediátrico General Docente Eliseo N. Caamaño, con el objetivo de cualificar y reforzar el conjunto de valores específicos que se consideran ideales para un enfermero de nuestros tiempos. El universo de estudio se constituyó por la totalidad de los enfermeros físicos(112), se definió una muestra de estudio de forma aleatoria conformada por 60 enfermeros, y una pequeña representación comparativa de familiares acompañantes.(30) Creamos un panel de apoyo compuesto por varios especialistas que tipificaron de forma práctica los valores morales específicos ideales para nuestros enfermeros, de esta manera conformamos un cuestionario con las variables objetos de estudio que se aplicó en dos tiempos, antes y después de impartir un taller didáctico sobre el tema que nos ocupa, los datos obtenidos en ambos tiempos se tabularon y compararon demostrando la eficacia de nuestro proyecto para reforzar valores morales específicos y necesarios para nuestro personal de enfermería (AU).
Globalization is a recent phenomenon interrelating all the countries around the world supported by scientific and technical advances. This interrelation in the economic, political and socio-cultural spheres has created a global culture that has crashed the values´ system of every country. Cuba is not out of the reach of these globalization´s negative effects. Our values´ system, formed in years of history and struggles, has created a sui generis people identified by its freedom eagerness, solidarity and internationalism. The world economic crisis has directly struck on the health professionals´ values formation in our country, especially in the case of the Nursing staff and mostly in progressive care nurses. This motivated the design of a prospective, longitudinal study in the Teaching Pediatric Hospital ¨Eliseo N. Caamaño¨ to qualify and strengthen the whole of specific values considered ideal for a nurse. The study universe were the totality of the hospital´s nurses, and the sample was randomly formed by 60 nurses and a little comparative representation of the family companions. It was created a panel of specialists who typified the ideal moral values specific for nurses. That way a questionnaire was elaborated with the variables that were object of study, to be applied before and after carrying out a didactic workshop on the theme. The obtained data were tabulated and compared, showing the efficacy of the project to reinforce moral values that are necessary and specific in the nursing staff (AU).
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Humans , Male , Female , Social Values , Nurses, Male/education , Education, Professional/methods , Education, Professional/ethics , Professional Training , Nurses, Pediatric/education , Nurses, Pediatric/ethics , Nurses, Male/trends , Nurses, Male/ethicsABSTRACT
La globalización es un fenómeno reciente, que avalado por adelantos científicos técnicos interrelaciona todos los países del mundo, esta interacción en esferas: económicas, políticas, socioculturales ha creado una cultura global que en muchos casos ha resquebrajado el sistema de valores de cada país. Nuestro sistema de valores respaldado y formado por años de historia y lucha, ha creado un pueblo identificado por sus ansias de solidaridad e internacionalismo manifiesto, a pesar de todo, la crisis económica mundial ha incidido directamente en la formación de valores en los profesionales de la salud de nuestro país sobre todo el personal de enfermería y específicamente los enfermeros de cuidados progresivos. Se diseñó un estudio longitudinal y prospectivo en el Hospital Pediátrico General Docente Eliseo N. Caamaño, con el objetivo de cualificar y reforzar el conjunto de valores específicos que se consideran ideales para un enfermero de nuestros tiempos. El universo de estudio se constituyó por la totalidad de los enfermeros físicos(112), se definió una muestra de estudio de forma aleatoria conformada por 60 enfermeros, y una pequeña representación comparativa de familiares acompañantes.(30) Creamos un panel de apoyo compuesto por varios especialistas que tipificaron de forma práctica los valores morales específicos ideales para nuestros enfermeros, de esta manera conformamos un cuestionario con las variables objetos de estudio que se aplicó en dos tiempos, antes y después de impartir un taller didáctico sobre el tema que nos ocupa, los datos obtenidos en ambos tiempos se tabularon y compararon demostrando la eficacia de nuestro proyecto para reforzar valores morales específicos y necesarios para nuestro personal de enfermería (AU).
Globalization is a recent phenomenon interrelating all the countries around the world supported by scientific and technical advances. This interrelation in the economic, political and socio-cultural spheres has created a global culture that has crashed the values´ system of every country. Cuba is not out of the reach of these globalization´s negative effects. Our values´ system, formed in years of history and struggles, has created a sui generis people identified by its freedom eagerness, solidarity and internationalism. The world economic crisis has directly struck on the health professionals´ values formation in our country, especially in the case of the Nursing staff and mostly in progressive care nurses. This motivated the design of a prospective, longitudinal study in the Teaching Pediatric Hospital ¨Eliseo N. Caamaño¨ to qualify and strengthen the whole of specific values considered ideal for a nurse. The study universe were the totality of the hospital´s nurses, and the sample was randomly formed by 60 nurses and a little comparative representation of the family companions. It was created a panel of specialists who typified the ideal moral values specific for nurses. That way a questionnaire was elaborated with the variables that were object of study, to be applied before and after carrying out a didactic workshop on the theme. The obtained data were tabulated and compared, showing the efficacy of the project to reinforce moral values that are necessary and specific in the nursing staff (AU).