Level of student satisfaction in relation to the acquisition of skills and competencies in the discipline of Internal Medicine at an angolan university

Abstract

Introduction: During the practical examination panel for third- and sixth-year medical students at the Faculty of Medicine of the Katyavala Bwila University in Angola, it was identified that students lacked the skills and competencies to make an accurate clinical diagnosis, based on training in these elements in the courses Introduction to Clinical Practice and Clinical Propaedeutics.

Objective: To characterize the level of student satisfaction with the acquisition of skills and competencies in the discipline of Internal Medicine.

Methods: A prospective, cross-sectional, descriptive, observational study was conducted. The sample consisted of 39 students randomly selected from two strata or cohorts: those from third and sixth years.

Results: An imprecise overall satisfaction index of 0.39 was obtained. In dimension 1 related to the university, an indefinite evaluation of the process was evident across all four variables. However, in dimension 2 related to the discipline, of six variables evaluated, students were satisfied with three. In dimension 3, the relationship between students and faculty, four of the five variables were satisfactory. In dimension 4, satisfaction with the methodology used. Of the four variables analyzed, only one result was inaccurate. In dimension 5, use of clinical cases. Only the evaluation of clinical case exercises was inaccurate.

Conclusions: It is concluded that the quality of the teaching-learning process in the acquisition of skills and competencies in the subject of Internal Medicine is imprecise or neutral, explaining why students reach the final years without these skills.