Propuesta de contenidos mínimos para los programas docentes de pregrado en Medicina Geriátrica en América Latina

Cano, Carlos; Gutiérrez, Luis M.; Marín, Pedro Paulo; Martínez, Fernando Morales; Peláez, Martha; Mañas, Leocadio Rodríguez; Vega, Enrique; Zúñiga, Clemente

doi:10.1590/s1020-49892005000500015

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“…Brazil has been one of the first countries to have medical training programs in geriatrics since the late 1970s, yet there is still only one geriatrician for every 37,000 older people. A few years ago, a paper published by the Latin American Academy of Medicine for the Elderly (ALMA; Cano et al, 2005) launched a proposal recommending the minimum content to be adopted by medical schools in the region. The inclusion of this content in the curriculum would allow all medical graduates to develop the skills needed to serve the growing number of older people receiving treatment from primary care clinics.…”

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“…The expert group emphasized the need and urgency of the medical student to have minimal knowledge of geriatrics, including specific aspects such as demography, physiology of aging, physical examination and medical history of the elderly, pharmacology, frailty, rehabilitation, the importance of interdisciplinary work, particular knowledge of the terminal patient, and active aging among other geriatric concepts. This article considered the minimum time necessary to achieve these educational goals was 46 hours and the ideal theoretical time was 62 hours, which should be complemented by practical activities in the hospital wards treating geriatric patients (Cano et al, 2005).…”

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Geriatric Education in Undergraduate and Graduate Levels in Latin America

López

Ortíz

2014

Gerontology & Geriatrics Education

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A recent dramatic increase in the elderly population has not been accompanied by a parallel increase in specialized health care professionals in Latin America. The main purpose of this work was to determine the stage of geriatrics teaching for undergraduate and graduate medical levels in Latin America. Using a questionnaire given in person and online, the authors surveyed geriatricians from 16 countries: eight from South America and eight from Central America. Among 308 medical schools, 35% taught undergraduate geriatrics, ranging from none in Uruguay, Venezuela, and Guatemala to 82% in Mexico. The authors identified 36 programs in 12 countries with graduate medical education in geriatrics, ranging from 2 to 5 years of training. The authors conclude that although the population is aging rapidly in Latin American countries, there has been a slow development of geriatrics teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the region.

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Geriatric Education in Undergraduate and Graduate Levels in Latin America

López

Ortíz

2014

Gerontology & Geriatrics Education

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“…Además, la categoría 3ra edad está "cargada" negativamente con prejuicios sociales que también permean al ámbito de la salud. En 2005, la Academia Latinoamericana de Medicina del Adulto Mayor (ALMA), alertaba al respecto: "El "viejismo" contamina toda la estructura sanitaria e impide, o al menos dificulta, el acceso de los adultos mayores a lo que ellos más valoran: la salud y la autonomía personal" (4) . Por tanto, urge centrar gran parte de nuestro análisis y quehacer, en la denominada 4ta edad, que resulta ser aquella población más vulnerable y que representa socio-culturalmente, el mayor desafío.…”

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“…Junto al modelo médico predominante, que se basa en la secuencia: causa, trastorno y manifestación clínica, surge otro dirigido a prevenir y a tratar la pérdida de funciones. Dichas funciones actúan como síntomas, guías e indicadores de diagnóstico, a la vez que se convierten en objetivos terapéuticos (4) . Este nuevo modelo gestado desde la Gerontología es el cimiento de la medicina geriátrica, y ha añadido al modelo tradicional una perspectiva centrada en el paciente, con un fuerte matiz preventivo, en el cual el diagnóstico clínico se convierte en un elemento al servicio del verdadero objetivo: la prevención del deterioro funcional tomando en cuenta elementos psicológicos y sociales que rodean al paciente (4,7) .…”

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Gerontología en la formación de pre grado del odontólogo del siglo XXI.

Fernández

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2019

Rev. Clin. Periodoncia Implantol. Rehabil. Oral

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resUMen La gerontología es la ciencia que trata de la vejez y los fenómenos que la caracterizan. Se aboca al estudio científico del proceso de envejecimiento y abarca la esfera social, psicológica y biológica. El fenómeno actual del envejecimiento de la población mundial, denominado "transición demográfica", ha puesto al quehacer de la gerontología en acuciante actualidad. Dentro de su marco conceptual, en el ámbito de la ciencia médica, surge la geriatría, especialidad que se ocupa no sólo de la prevención y asistencia de las enfermedades que presentan las personas mayores, sino también de su recuperación funcional y de su reinserción en la comunidad. En Chile, sin constituirse en una especialidad propiamente tal, la llamada "odontogeriatría" vendría a ser el equivalente de geriatría en odontología. Sin embargo, creemos que gerodontología sería más pertinente puesto que apreciamos en ésta, una visión cultural derivada de la gerontología que va allende los aspectos procedimentales propios de la odontología. Pretendemos fundamentar esta afirmación, analizando la experiencia internacional, contrastándola con la situación que se verifica en Chile, reiterando la imperiosa necesidad de comenzar desde la formación de pre grado del futuro odontólogo con la entrega de insumos gerodontológicos teóricos y clínicos, para intentar aportar de modo propositivo y no efectista, en el diseño de políticas públicas actualizadas. Palabras clave:Gerodontología; Odontogeriatría; Educación dental; Currículo pre grado escuela dental. rev. clin. Periodoncia implantol. rehabil. oral vol. 12(3); 131-134, 2019. sUMMarYGerontology is the science studying ageing and the phenomena that characterize it. It deals with the scientific approach of this process encompassing the social, psychological and biological fields. The current phenomenon of the ageing of the world population, so called "demographic transition" has put the gerontological issue in pressing today. Within its conceptual frame and in the sphere of medical sciences emerges Geriatrics, specialty covering not only prevention and care of older people diseases, but also addressing its functional recovery and reintegration into the community. In Chile, not yet a specialty, geriatric dentistry would be its equivalent regarding odontology. However, we believe that there is a conceptual difference regarding gerodontology since we appreciate its scope goes far beyond the procedural aspects of dentistry. We will make our statement, analyzing evidence from international educational experiences, as well as contrasting with the situation that occurs in Chile, altogether stressing the urgent need to start from the undergraduate curriculum of future dentists through the delivery of theoretical input and clinical gerodontologic training, in order to collaborate in a proactive way in the design of updated public policies according to the nowadays challenges.

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“…A Academia Latinoamericana de Medicina del Adulto Mayor (Alma) 20 -entidade que tem apoio direto da Organização Pan-Americana de Saúde (Opas) e que desde o ano 2000 congrega exclusivamente docentes com inserção no ensino de Geriatria nas escolas médicas da América Latina e Caribeaponta como ponto crucial no ensino da graduação médica a existência de espaços formais para a Geriatria e Gerontologia e que estes espaços devem ter autonomia e autoridade suficientes para determinar seu programa de ensino, com uma integração constante com as outras especialidades e departamentos 21 .…”

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