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Professionalism of physicians from the point of view of physicians and students Background: Professionalism should be included as a fundamental component in the curriculum of undergraduate as well as graduate students of Medicine. Future physicians should be aware of the attributes that a professional should possess. Aim: To analyze the ideal medical doctor attributes from the point of view of physicians and students of Medicine. Material and methods: One hundred four physicians (MD) and 47 student answered a free association test on the attributes they would assign to a good physician. The test was applied via Internet to professionals, and students were tested in group dynamics at the beginning of the class on Bioethics and Professionalism. Data were processed according to the Lexical Availability Model (LAM) which provides quantitative as well as qualitative evaluations. Results: The attributes with higher scores among MD's were honesty (0.379), regular academic updating (0.373), ability (0.325) and empathy (0.241). Among students, the selected attributes were excellence (0.625), empathy (0.511), responsibility (0.280) and ability (0.209). A general agreement was found among physicians and students, excepts by the fact that MD's consider continuing academic updating as the most important attribute. Conclusions: The attributes that physicians and medical students evaluate as essential in professionalism were identified using the LAM approach. At the beginning of the career, students have a definite humanistic approach to their future profession (Rev Méd Chile 2009; 137: 746-52).

IntroducciónEl acceso a la universidad supone importantes cambios en la vida del estudiante no sólo en el ámbito académico, sino también en lo social y personal.La literatura científica señala que la transición de la enseñanza secundaria a la vida universitaria es una etapa particularmente exigente, registrando una mayor incidencia de problemas de adaptación, de rendimiento académico [1] y de permanencia en la Relación de antecedentes académicos y expectativas iniciales con el bienestar académico de alumnos de primer año de medicina Alejandra Polanco, Liliana Ortiz, Cristhian Pérez, Paula Parra, Eduardo Fasce, Olga Matus, Graciela Torres, Andrea MeyerIntroducción. Los estudiantes de primer año de medicina deben afrontar altas exigencias académicas y personales que influyen en el bienestar y el desempeño académico. Esta investigación analiza la relación de los antecedentes académicos y las expectativas académicas iniciales con el bienestar académico de alumnos de primer año de medicina. Sujetos y métodos.Estudio cuantitativo, transversal y correlacional. Se aplicaron los cuestionarios UWES-S17, MBI-HSS e involucramiento académico, versión expectativas. Se obtienen los antecedentes académicos y sociodemográficos de una base de datos oficial.Resultados. Se encontró una relación directa entre las notas de enseñanza media y la dimensión de involucramiento en los estudios del compromiso académico (engagement), una relación inversa con la falta de realización personal del desgaste académico (burnout) y relaciones directas entre las tres dimensiones de las expectativas académicas y el compromiso académico e inversas con la dimensión falta de realización personal del desgaste académico. Conclusión. Tanto los antecedentes académicos previos como las expectativas académicas iniciales Conflicto de intereses:No declarado. Competing interests:None declared. © 2014 FEMRelationship between previous academics background and initial expectations with academic well-being of first year of medical students Introduction. First year medical students face personal and high academic standards impacting the well-being and academic performance. This research examines the relationship of the academic background and the initial academic expectations with the academic well-being of first year medical students.

Relationship between self-directed learning and value profile in Chilean medical students Self-directed Learning. (Rev Med Chile 2013; 141: 15-22).

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