The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has created specific needs for each geographical area in terms of the response and preparation for future population scenarios. The current acute phase of the pandemic in Mexico can already be said to be a health and social tragedy, with repercussions that are temporarily hidden behind uncertainty, contradictory information and the need to rapidly leave the catastrophic situation. The country has one of the highest lethality rates in the world, owing in part to the low number of diagnostic tests per inhabitant and to the fact that the disease arrived at a difficult time for the Mexican population. In addition to the immediate impact, this will have long-term consequences that should be taken into account to improve health system planning. This study uses epidemiological tools and an approach based on collective health to examine the issue.
El presente trabajo actualiza la principal información generada por el Observatorio de Educación Médica y Derechos Humanos (OBEME): 1) la mayoría de las y los estudiantes de medicina (internos, pasantes y residentes) de la Universidad Veracruzana en las unidades médicas informan no estar siempre supervisados y reconocen haber cometido errores diagnósticos o terapéuticos, precisamente por esta causa; 2) la acreditación de las facultades de Medicina contrasta con el hecho de que solo una de las cinco facultades garantiza con evaluaciones externas la formación profesional de sus egresados; y 3) respecto a los desafíos que plantea la pandemia a la educación médica se resalta la necesidad de recuperar la formación deontológica en medicina, incorporar la gestión de epidemias y desastres sanitarios en el plan de estudios y garantizar la salud física y mental de los estudiantes de medicina durante su formación.
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