Resumen

PULIDO, Pablo et al. An international strategic experience for continuing professional development and its impact on primary health care. FEM (Ed. impresa) [online]. 2015, vol.18, n.6, pp.375-379. ISSN 2014-9840.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S2014-98322015000700004.

Project Globe Consortium (PGC) integrated one simplified strategy in continuing medical education and continuing professional development. It was designed as an answer to the fast and intense changes in science, technology, demography, epidemiology, the increasing demands of the population, and the changing role of physicians in the current health care systems, under the awareness that the undergraduate medical education does not guarantee the required competencies indefinitely thus implying the need of necessary mechanisms to ensure quality and professional healthcare. The project was implemented in two pilot countries (Russia and Venezuela). It was developed in five phases: building up on institutional relationships, identifying local champions; identifying educational needs; implementation and impact measurement; sharing the message and experiences; maturing adjustments and institutionalization of the project. A significant number of physicians working in primary health care settings were involved. Global standards of continuing medical education and continuing professional development were identified and tested. A core curriculum was designed, starting with cardiovascular risk factors, to improve knowledge levels and professional practice of the physicians involved, along with significant changes in patient indicators as biomarkers. Finally, the project reached the stage of institutionalization and continuous reinforcement in which the PGC represented an international networking and potential continuing medical education and continuing professional development, provider of, high quality, at reasonable costs and with academic accreditation.

Palabras clave : Cardiovascular risk factors; Continuing medical education; Continuing professional development; Curriculum; Learning strategies; Primary health care.

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