El residente como docente, Quo vadis?

Abstract

Residents play an important role in the clinical teaching of medical students. Although this role is usually considered beneficial for both students and residents, it has rarely been evaluated and lacks academic recognition. Despite the fact that students value the teaching provided by residents positively, residents feel unprepared to teach. Some programs to improve resident teaching skills have been successfully developed. Association between hospitals and universities is essential to develop and provide with academic recognition these programs, whose funding should be shared. Internal Medicine should participate actively in clinical teaching and promote the figure of the resident as teacher by means of training activities adapted to the new times of our speciality.