Introduction.

In a working group of the Administration of the regional government of Catalonia and the deans of the faculties with medical studies of the Catalan universities, a commission was created to prepare a document to promote training in professionalism and transversal competences of graduates in Medicine.

Development.

This commission, made up of teachers from all the faculties, prepared a document with three specific objectives: a) show the real state of said training in the curricula; b) propose specific teaching activities to improve said training, considering those good practices that are being carried out in universities; and c) suggest criteria and methods of evaluation of training in professionalism or of transversal competences and, also, evaluate specific competences that can improve the development of generic competences.

Conclusions.

It is hoped that the suggestions presented can serve to increase training in professional values, in the humanities and in transversal competences of future medical professionals with the ultimate goal of improving the health of the population.

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