English proficiency level in Colombian undergraduate students of medical programs.
Introduction: The government intends to position Colombia as a health and welfare tourism destination. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to increase the levels of English proficiency in health professionals, which is in line with the goal set by the Colombian Ministry of National Education for 2...
| Publicado en: | Revista Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia Vol. 66; no. 2; pp. 215 - 223 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lth&AN=131035671&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: lth uiTerm: 131035671 longDbName: MedicLatina uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 01200011 78E0 jtl: Revista Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia issn: 01200011 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2018 vid: 66 iid: 2 pid: 12967 pub: Universidad Nacional de Colombia artinfo: ui: 131035671 10.15446/revfacmed.v66n2.61296 ppf: 215 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1.5MB tig: atl: English proficiency level in Colombian undergraduate students of medical programs. aug: au: Alonso, Julio César Díaz, Diana Margarita Estrada, Daniela Mueces, Brigitte Vanessa affil: Universidad Icesi - School of Administrative and Economic Sciences - Economics Department and Economics and Finance Research Center - Cali - Colombia Universidad Icesi - School of Education Sciences - Language Department - Cali - Colombia Universidad Icesi - Economics and Finance Research Center - Cali - Colombia su: School health services Undergraduates Public health English language education Medical students Health Colombia sug: subj: Colombia School health services Undergraduates Public health English language education Medical students Health keyword: Education Language Test Medical Medical Tourism (MeSH) Educación de pregrado en medicina Lenguaje Turismo médico (DeCS) ab: Introduction: The government intends to position Colombia as a health and welfare tourism destination. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to increase the levels of English proficiency in health professionals, which is in line with the goal set by the Colombian Ministry of National Education for 2014: 20% of medical graduates should score at intermediate or advanced English proficiency levels. Objectives: To determine if the bilingualism goal set for 2014 was achieved by students of undergraduate medical programs in Colombia. Materials and methods: Descriptive and statistical approach (parametric and nonparametric tests) based on data from the Saber Pro test (2011-2015) for medical programs offered in universities of academic nature. Results: The overall percentage of students who met the goal countrywide (28.6%) was satisfactory; however, only 16 medical programs out of 43 (37.2%) achieved the goal. Conclusions: In general, the English proficiency level of potential medical graduates is aligned with the government's goal. However, there is much to be improved considering that about 70% of future medical graduates do not have an intermediate or advanced level in this skill. Introducción. El gobierno propuso posicionar a Colombia como un destino turístico de salud y bienestar, siendo uno de los objetivos aumentar los niveles de competencia del inglés en los profesionales de la salud. Esto se relaciona con la meta, para 2014, del Ministerio de Educación Nacional (MEN) de que 20% de los graduados deberían clasificar en nivel intermedio o superior en inglés. Objetivos. Analizar el cumplimiento de la meta establecida por el MEN para los graduandos de los programas de medicina. Materiales y métodos. Aproximación descriptiva y estadística (pruebas de proporciones paramétricas y no paramétricas) que empleó datos de la prueba Saber Pro (2011-2015) para los programas de medicina de las instituciones de educación superior de carácter académico universitario. Resultados. El porcentaje global de estudiantes que cumplió la meta (28.6%) fue satisfactorio; sin embargo, solo 18 de 43 (37.2%) programas de medicina la cumplieron. Conclusiones. El nivel de inglés de los potenciales graduados de los programas de medicina está alineado con la meta del gobierno. No obstante, hay mucho por mejorar si se tiene en cuenta que cerca del 70% de los futuros graduados de los programas de medicina no alcanza un nivel intermedio o superior en esta competencia. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Revista Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia is the property of Universidad Nacional de Colombia and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Revista Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia holder: Universidad Nacional de Colombia dt: @attributes: year: 2018 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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