Nós aprendemos na universidade o que as Diretrizes Curriculares preconizam?

Abstract

In order to have health professionals with suitable profiles to meet the needs of thepopulation, were approved The National Curricular Guidelines for Medical Education(DCN), creating conditions for a profound restructuring in medical curricula throughoutBrazil. The objective of this work was to evaluate the perceptions of medical students at the Federal University of Sergipe on the development of the general competencies and skills advocated by DCN. This study had a cross-sectional design, which included students enrolled in the 6th and the 12th period. The instrument used was drawn from the transcript of Article 4 of the DCN and sent to students through electronic tool. The six general competencies and skills assessed, two were considered by students at the end of the course as fully sufficient in the training process, two were partially satisfactory, and two others were considered totally inadequate. We concluded about the need to revisit the curriculum according to the guidelines proposed by the Ministry of Education to have more doctors adequately prepared to serve the public through the National Health System.