Competences of the Health Professionals in Primary Healthcare

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primary healthcare, primary care, professional competence.

Abstract

Introduction: Competences in primary healthcare should characterize the profile of health professionals working at that level.

Objective: To describe the competences of health professionals for the implementation of primary healthcare.

Methods: A qualitative-descriptive study, following Margarete Sandelowski’s postulates and the Ritchie and Spencer’s method, was carried out in Bogota and Soacha during the year 2021. Semistructured interviews were applied to 9 health professionals.

Results: The competences that should characterize primary healthcare teams are linked to the elements, components and principles of primary healthcare itself, with emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention, as well as family and community orientation, intersectoral and interdisciplinary work, health education for self-care, training in health policy and comprehensive care.

Conclusions: Practicing in primary healthcare requires specific competences for assistance and administrative management; it requires high scientific, ethical and humanistic knowledge, as well as soft skills: leadership, collaborative work, decision-making capacity and conflict resolution. It also requires financial resources and overcoming structural barriers that compromise the work of professionals in charge of guaranteeing compliance and effectiveness of primary healthcare in Colombia.

 

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Author Biographies

Ruth Beatriz Mora Rojas, Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina

Enfermera doctora en salud pública, docente  investigadora categorizada programa de enfermería Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y del deporte.

Gladys Edith Villalobos Bolívar, Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina

Enfermera Magíster salud pública y desarrollo social, docente  investigadora programa de enfermería Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y del deporte.

Ingrid Yiseh Mosquera Hurtado, Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina

Estudiante octavo semestre enfermería en el programa de enfermería de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y del deporte.

Published

2024-05-07

How to Cite

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Mora Rojas RB, Villalobos Bolívar GE, Mosquera Hurtado IY. Competences of the Health Professionals in Primary Healthcare. Rev cuba med gen integr [Internet]. 2024 May 7 [cited 2025 Jun. 23];40(1). Available from: https://revmgi.sld.cu/index.php/mgi/article/view/2952

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ARTÍCULOS ORIGINALES