Skills of the residency trainer

Abstract

The identification of the characteristics necessary for the performance, quality, functions guiding postgraduate medical training is a necessity of proper training and the institutions responsible for their professional qualification. It thus define a Competency Profile of guiding doctors in training which meets the needs of a training process (specialization) that arises primarily in the context of real work. To define the Skills Profile, the authors conducted a screening exercise of the functions and tasks of the advisor, identifying the skills that support your performance. The profile identified was submitted to a group of professionals for validation and, at all stages of development, the assessment of external auditors. In this profile to identify and systematize the characteristics of the supervisor in three types: prerequisites, attributes and teaching skills. The Competency Profile, constituting a useful tool for self-assessment, also allows the institutions responsible for oversight of professional qualification pedagogical exercise, contributing to the technical support and individual development.