Supervisão docente mínima e indireta: percepções dos pacientes em diferentes cenários de prática

Abstract

Objective: To investigate patients´ perceptions regarding medical students´ consultations, with minimal and indirect faculty supervision. Method:Patients´ opinions from paediatricsand obstetrics clinical settings were collected. The sample was composed of 238women in a variety of clinical settings, including high risk pregnancies in a specialized obstetrical care center;low risk pregnancies in a primary care setting; premature birth follow-up outpatient care; and mothers of pediatric patients in a primary care center consulted by last year medical studentsat the Faculty of Medicine (FAMED) of the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS)andthe Medical School atAnhanguera-Uniderp University. Two questionnaires were administered to patients pre-and post-consultation and the answers were compared. Results:Patients reported changes in their attitudes when comparing responses provided before and after consultation with the students. The most frequentword mentioned by pregnantwomen before consultation was anxiety and after consultation was satisfaction. For mothers of children the mostfrequent words were ansietybefore the encounter and “satisfaction” afterwards. Conclusion:This study showed a positive change in patients´ perceptions regarding consultative services provided under minimal and indirect supervision settings with final year medical students, in out-patient obstetrics and pediatrics care settings. Patients recognized the importance of this outpatient medical education management model in medical students’ training.