First semester resident Jairo Andrés Acosta begins with the cycle of Journal Clubs and great sessions, on March 21 and 22. These events are free admission, so all medical students and health professionals can attend to share the knowledge imparted.
On many occasions what these women feel is not validated and is normalized as a symptom associated with the menstrual cycle, or much worse conditioned to its chronicity and that women have to simply resign themselves and put up with this symptomatology. In her great session held on April 18, the second semester resident Tanya Duran, put herself in the shoes of one of her patients with endometriosis, in a very assertive way she showed all the dimensions affected in her patient. In this academic activity, Dr. Duran presented this pathology from the psychological, emotional, sociocultural, mental and spiritual perspective of the affected patient. This interpretation moved emotions and feelings in the whole audience and allowed an understanding of all the aspects involved in this condition. This innovative didactic technique allowed a comprehensive view of the subject to be discussed and allowed a parallel between the information in the medical literature and the reality of the patients.
The family is currently established as an open social group, which interacts with its environment and whose union can be by affinity, blood or legal ties. The family has great importance in the sexual education of its members and it has been shown that appropriate sexual education of children is a factor that delays the onset of sexual relations and helps in the appropriate use of contraceptive methods. It is recommended that parents educate about sexuality, participate in comprehensive sexual education processes, choose the moments to educate, teach children to call each organ by its name, validate the feelings and emotions of their children and also know their friends and what their children see on social networks.
These aspects were the subject of reflection and a comparison was made with law and medicine, establishing the role of the family physician in educational aspects. This activity, the third sexuality narrative, was held on April 15, 2024 and was satisfactorily evaluated by the attendees.
Balint with the first semester residents of the second cohort of the Specialization in Family Medicine program of UNINAVARRA. This space took place in a cafeteria near the institution's headquarters and was held on April 1st, 2024. The residents had the opportunity to have a dialogue about the patient-physician relationship and focused on the emotional aspects of patients. They discussed their difficulties with patients who are sad or angry and how these emotions influence the resident's nonverbal language and the countertransference that these emotions generate. She also discussed those patients with couple or family conflicts that are expressed during the consultation. Rapport, empathy, compassion and emotion validation guidelines were established. The ways of discovering the physician's limitations in the face of the patient's statements or preferences were also explained. Paths were established to self-evaluate and heal the physician's own aspects that become barriers at the moment of establishing a doctor-patient relationship.
The following Narratives will be the days:
March 11, 2024 with the theme "Expressions of sexuality, desire, sex and love".
April 15, 2024 with the theme "Family and sexuality".
May 13, 2024 with the theme "The Pendulum of Sexuality".
The entire academic community and the community in general are invited to participate in this event, which is free of charge.
Dr. Gallo conducted a practical workshop and taught the participants about the latest advances in glucose self-monitoring and the technology available in our country in this regard.
At the same time, we embarked on a health education mission, sharing crucial knowledge about preventive foot care and diabetes in general. In this event we had the participation of the 12 Family Medicine residents, the interns who are doing their rotation in this area and of course 4 Family Medicine specialist teachers. We were pleased to have the cooperation of 81 patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus to whom we performed anthropometric measurements, evaluation of lower limbs (deep and superficial sensitivity: tuning fork and monofilament), advice on the results of paraclinical tests and assertive education on type 2 diabetes mellitus. The activity concluded at 12:00 m. with full satisfaction of the participants and an invitation was extended to more patients to continue with this evaluative and educational process.
The first year residents of the Family Medicine Specialization carry out academic activities, journal clubs and large sessions with free admission for students and professionals in the health area. These events are of great interest and formative contribution, so all people are invited according to the schedules and publicity presented by the residents.
Dr. Isidro Torres Castro, coordinator of the Family Medicine program of the University Foundation Navarra-UNINAVARRA and the first year resident Daniel Almario participated with speakers at the XII National Congress of Family Medicine and IV International Congress of Family Medicine of the Universidad del Bosque, international meeting of residents. This event was held on October 26, 27, 7 and 28, 2023 at the headquarters of the Universidad del Bosque in the city of Bogota.
The Family Medicine Specialization of the University Foundation of Navarra - UNINAVARRA counted with the presence of an international speaker, Dr. Dan Fenyvesi; professor at the University of Arizona (United States), researcher, registered dietitian and Master in Nutrition, with experience in public health as a specialist in chronic diseases. He conducted a series of studies on food habits and eating processes according to the food customs of Mesoamerica. The workshop was held on July 27 and 28, 2023, a space where the results of this research process were socialized, an activity that was attended by 240 students beneficiaries of this important training in nutrition.
The meeting recalled that health is the result of the food consumed and that diet and food is reflected in how we look, how we feel and how much energy we have for our daily activities; taking into account that obesity is an epidemic and that this epidemic is generating not only cardiovascular risk diseases but cancers and other diseases, therefore, at this time this training process is of utmost importance for the entire community Navarrista.
"Gastrointestinal Psychosomatic disorders in childhood and adolescence" .
"The approach in the relationship with the patient in developmental age and parental support , from childhood to adolescence, according to recent scientific discoveries on human mind/brain reactions at birth.
"Somatic complaints in adolescence, high stress sensitivity and aberrant salience: a north star for the early detection ,prevention and treatment of states at risk for developing psychosis".
These topics were described in a masterly manner in English, generating interest and questioning on the part of both the teaching team and the attending residents, as well as new approaches for the development of research designs and preventive work.
On December 12, 2023, family medicine teachers Martha Niebles, María del Pilar Leal, Carlos Reyes and Isidro Torres participated in the Panel of Experts in Family Medicine, organized by the Universidad Surcolombiana. In this event they presented the current characteristics of the specialization in Colombia and worldwide and shared experiences as specialists with students and interns of the Universidad Surcolombiana and the Fundación Universitaria Navarra-UNINAVARRA.
Presentation of the program
Family Medicine, more than an area of medical knowledge, is an integrating axis of medical practice, which provides holistic and humanized medical care to the person; performing particular processes of characterization, validation of information, management, education and proposal of intervention strategies to focus them on primary health care from a systemic, generalist, differential and inclusive approach that seeks the care of the individual, his family and community.
This specialization focuses its work on the person; involving the globality and complexity of the being, taking into account both the physical and psychosocial component of the individual and the determinants that modify and maintain their health. For family medicine, health is more than a state of "Well-being", it is the objective and subjective amalgam of factors that, from each of the individual and family life cycles, tend to the harmonious development and the experience of the individual immersed in a social sphere. For this reason, an ethnographic approach is involved where social, family and community relationships and the relationship with the disease itself are pillars of the care process. The ethnographic vision of Family Medicine allows the differential approach of the individual, the family and its cultural group, allowing the production of cost-effective strategies aimed at maintaining the health of specific groups according to their characteristics and needs.
The knowledge and work of the Family Medicine specialist is transversal to the different medical specialties, not as a professional hoarder of knowledge, but as an integrating specialist, mediator and coordinator of medical care, ensuring its resolvability and timeliness. His approach moves away from the separatist perspective and involves the generalization of medical knowledge to provide comprehensive care to individuals, families and communities.
The specialization in Family Medicine is the result of a need for holistic care based on the individual and not on the disease. Due to its principles and focus on prevention, it is a pioneer and fundamental support in integral processes of Primary Health Care and maintenance of the health of individuals, families and communities.