Teaching and Assistance Interconsultation in Primary Health Care La interconsulta docente-asistencial en la Atención Primaria de Salud

Education at work is the fundamental form of organization of the educational process in the last years of study in careers related to Higher Medical Education. During this process, different organization forms are adopted. Teaching and assistance interconsultation is one of them. A review on the methodology of teaching and assistance interconsultation was conducted emphasizing in its characteristics, objectives, stages and educational functions. Teaching and assistance interconsultation must be prepared, organized and conducted by an interconsulting professor. It is carried out mainly in family doctors’ consultations and consists of several stages: comprehensive organization of the activity, which is a previous stage of preparation by the Basic Health Team; presentation of the patient; collective analysis (teaching work in cascade) and conclusions. This activity, conducted in primary health care and with these features, must lead to the formation and development of skills and necessary knowledge for the future professional performance of students. Teaching and assistance interconsultation deepens in the teaching and application of the clinical method during the training of medical staffs. The teacher plays an important role in demonstrating the importance of this method by promoting ethical principles, so that they become part of the future professional practice and performance. La educación en el trabajo es la forma fundamental de organización del proceso docente educativo en los a os de estudio superiores de las carreras de la Educación Médica Superior. Durante este proceso se adoptan distintas formas organizativas docentes, y es la interconsulta docente-asistencial una de ellas. Se realizó una revisión sobre la metodología de esta forma organizativa, en la que se hace énfasis en las características, objetivos, etapas y funciones del docente. La interconsulta docente-asistencial debe ser preparada, organizada y dirigida por el profesor interconsultante. Se realiza principalmente en el consultorio médico de la familia. Consta de varias etapas: organización exhaustiva de la actividad, etapa previa de preparación por parte del Equipo Básico de Salud, presentación del paciente, análisis colectivo (trabajo docente en cascada) y conclusiones. Esta actividad desarrollada en la Atención Primaria de Salud con estas características, ha de propiciar la formación y desarrollo de habilidades y conocimientos necesarios para el desempe o de los profesionales. La interconsulta docente-asistencial se adentra en la ense anza y aplicación del método clínico durante el p