[The teaching health centers of Barcelona. The opinions of residents]. / Los centros de salud docentes de Barcelona. Opiniones de los residentes.

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To examine different aspects of the teaching health centres (THC) in the province of Barcelona as evaluated by the ex-residents (Exc-R) from general practice and community medicine (GP&CM). DESIGN: Descriptive study, gathering information by means of a self-administered postal questionnaire, with an addressed reply envelope. SETTING: Barcelona teaching unit (BTU). PARTICIPANTS: Eighty-one general practitioners whose qualifying years were 1987-89, 1988-90 and 1989-91, and who did their last residents year in the THC of the BTU. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: There are significant differences (p < 0.05) between the various THC, in terms of quality of teaching material and library; evaluation of the tutor in terms of attendance of classes and comment on medical histories; and average evaluation of tutor by the Ex-R. CONCLUSIONS: We propose that anonymous evaluations made by residents of their tutors should be generalised and used for, amongst other purposes, maintaining or revoking the accreditations of specific THC or tutors.