Physiology education in the medical program at Mandume Ya Ndemufayo University: content description and critical overview

Abstract

The Faculty of Medicine at Mandume Ya Ndemufayo University began teaching in 2009, taking on the challenge of competency-based education, aiming to train qualified professionals according to the needs of the community. This article aims to describe and analyze how the teaching of Physiology is organized in the medical program at this university. This is a descriptive study of the course pedagogical plan, from 2009 to 2019.The results revealed that there is a correspondence between students' grades in the Physiology course, the skills set out in the Profile of the Angolan Doctor, and internationally established sets of skills. Some weaknesses were identified in relation to the development of skills, pedagogical methodology and the evaluation process.The recent educational context of this medical school poses great challenges, which require the contextualization and periodic adjustment of its pedagogical plans.