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OBJETIVO: O artigo propõe uma matriz de competências essenciais para valorização e intencionalidade dos percursos acadêmicos e como referência de processos avaliativos dos estudantes. METODOLOGIA: O estudo apresenta delineamento quanti-qualitativo. Após revisão integrativa da literatura e pesquisa documental, foi elaborada e consolidada a versão inicial. O teste piloto com 12 professores, membros do Colegiado de Graduação do curso médico da UFMG, contribuiu para ajustes do documento. A validação da matriz foi orientada pela metodologia Delphi, com avaliação docente individual, por via eletrônica e utilização da ferramenta Googledocs. RESULTADOS: Houve consenso entre os 112 professores avaliadores para aprovação da matriz, composta por seis grandes domínios - profissionalismo; relacionamentos interpessoais e comunicação; atenção integral à saúde da pessoa; organização de sistemas de saúde e atenção em saúde pública; gestão do conhecimento; conhecimento médico -, 28 subdomínios e 204 descritores dos conhecimentos, habilidades e atitudes essenciais na formação do médico, durante sua graduação. CONCLUSÕES: Considera-se que a matriz contribuirá na qualificação da formação médica e na certificação das competências para o atendimento adequado às demandas de saúde, dentro de padrões de excelência técnica e responsabilidade social.
AIMS: This paper proposes the construction of a Matrix of Core Competencies, essential to the value and intent of academic record and as a reference for student evaluation processes. METHODOLOGY: The study relies on both quantitative and qualitative analysis. A review of the literature and documental analysis provided the basis for the first draft of the matrix. Evaluation and revision of the draft were done through a pilot test involving 12 professors, members of the Undergraduate Faculty of the UFMG School of Medicine. The matrix was validated using a Delphi method, including individual faculty evaluation, with the use of the Googledocs web-tool. RESULTS: There was full agreement among the 112 evaluators in the approval of the final matrix that addresses 6 main skill domains - professionalism; interpersonal skills and communication; comprehensive human health care; health systems and public health care organization; knowledge management; medical knowledge - 28 sub-domains and 204 descriptors of the subjects, skills and attitudes essential to undergraduate medical education. CONCLUSION: We believe the matrix will provide a valuable contribution toward enhancing medical education quality and setting the standards and skills required for medical care that is technically sound and fulfills its social responsibility.
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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of sentinel lymph node (SLN) identification using radioisotopic lymphatic mapping with technetium-99 m-labeled phytate in patients undergoing radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy for treatment of early cervical cancer. METHODS: Between July 2001 and February 2003, 56 patients with cervical cancer FIGO stage I (n = 53) or stage II (n = 3) underwent sentinel lymph node detection with preoperative lymphoscintigraphy ((99m)Tc-labeled phytate injected into the uterine cervix, at 3, 6, 9, and 12 o'clock, at a dose of 55-74 MBq in a volume of 0.8 ml) and intraoperative lymphatic mapping with a handheld gamma probe. Radical hysterectomy was aborted in three cases because parametrial invasion was found intraoperatively and we performed only sentinel node resection. The remaining 53 patients underwent radical hysterectomy with complete pelvic lymphadenectomy. Sentinel nodes were detected using a handheld gamma-probe and removed for pathological assessment during the abdominal radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy. RESULTS: One or more sentinel nodes were detected in 52 out of 56 eligible patients (92.8%). A total of 120 SLNs were detected by lymphoscintigraphy (mean 2.27 nodes per patient) and intraoperatively by gamma probe. Forty-four percent of SLNs were found in the external iliac area, 39% in the obturator region, 8.3% in interiliac region, and 6.7% in the common iliac area. Unilateral sentinel nodes were found in thirty-one patients (59%). The remaining 21 patients (41%) had bilateral sentinel nodes. Microscopic nodal metastases were confirmed in 17 (32%) cases. In 10 of these patients, only SLNs had metastases. The 98 sentinel nodes that were negative on hematoxylin and eosin were submitted to cytokeratin immunohistochemical analysis. Five (5.1%) micrometastases were identified with this technique. The sensitivity of the sentinel node was 82.3% (CI 95% = 56.6-96.2) and the negative predictive value was 92.1% (CI 95% = 78.6-98.3). The accuracy of sentinel node in predicting the lymph node status was 94.2%. CONCLUSION: Preoperative lymphoscintigraphy and intraoperative lymphatic mapping with (99m)Tc-labeled phytate are effective in identifying sentinel nodes in patients undergoing radical hysterectomy and to select women in whom lymph node dissection can be avoided.