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MALDONADO ROJAS, Mónica. Valuation the formation using a profile of reference based on professional competences. Educ. méd. [online]. 2007, vol.10, n.4, pp.39-49. ISSN 1575-1813.

Introduction: The professional formation is today promoting the implementation of educational options based on competences. This has the purpose of establishing a reference profile, based on professional competences for the Medical Technology career of the University of Talca, using them as indicators, to know the self perception which graduate students have, regarding the level acquired during their formation. Material and method: According to this, an evaluative and descriptive investigation, throughout a self applied survey was carried out. It contained a group of indicators corresponding to previously settled competences in a reference profile where its structure considers different areas, validated by experts, determining the consistency degree through Serafine coefficient. The construction of the information was carried out according to the graduate answers decoded and represented in percentages and later analyzed under interpretative categories. Results: The evaluation considers the percentage of that valued the profile of the competences by area of performance in the highest levels. The obtained results were: For the assistance area 72.9%, the investigation a 59%, the teaching a 44%, the administrative area a 27.1% and the personal-social area a 91.3%. Conclusions: The evaluation made by graduate students about their formation reflects the valued given to the skills acquired in their formation the interpretative categories, the personal-social area is highly evaluated, indicating a great formation advantage, the assistance and investigation area are satisfactory. The teaching and administration area fairly satisfactory. However the last one is considered the lowest. Curriculum effective it is adapted to assure the profile of competences but one is due to review with the objective to incorporate contents for the profit of those deficient.

Palavras-chave : Medical education; professional profile; professional competences; graduate students evaluation.

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