TEACHING STRATEGIES OF CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF DM2 IN MEDICAL UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE: INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

Abstract

This review integrated studies about the teaching-learning that takes place in medical schools for the development of skills in the management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). We obtained primary sources from the following databases: BVS, Embase, Pubmed, Scopus, and Web of Science using appropriate descriptors, and selected the period between 2007 and 2021 for inclusion of studies. We grouped 26 studies into four categories that integrate the forms of teaching-learning, curriculum content, and skills development targets. The categories: Immersion in Service Training Programs; Electronic Games and Multimedia Strategies; Interests, Instruments and Ways of Assessing Clinical Skills and Attitudes; and Curriculum Models and Analyses. Teaching activities blend traditional and active methodologies, they incorporate didactic, psychological, and technological resources and concepts to optimize teaching-learning and the available structure. The development of clinical competencies begins in the basic undergraduate cycle, with the concern to anchor them in the best evidence. It is desired to achieve the formation of a generalist profile directed to the performance in Primary Health Care that encompasses competencies to manage people, resources and health, enabled by technical and humanistic apparatus in order to prevent and treat DM2 and its consequences, reduce its risks and impacts on health and community, promoting education and empowerment of those affected to self-management.