Level of competencies in Comprehensive Health Care in medical students through the Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (MINI-CEX)

Pavel J. Contreras; Pamela Susan Carrillo Onofre; Jojay Steven Ramal Moreno; Gleydi Lucila Santos Ramírez; Lili Moraga; María Sofía Cuba Fuentes

doi:10.20453/rmh.v36i4.5703

Level of competencies in Comprehensive Health Care in medical students through the Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (MINI-CEX)

Pavel J. Contreras
, Pamela Susan Carrillo Onofre
, Jojay Steven Ramal Moreno
, Gleydi Lucila Santos Ramírez
, Lili Moraga
, María Sofía Cuba Fuentes

School of Medicine

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado
Facultad de Medicina

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Objective: To assess the level of competencies in Comprehensive Health Care in medical students before and after Family Medicine rotation through the Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (MINI-CEX). Methods: A quantitative, quasi-experimental, pre-post study was conducted at primary care teaching facilities on 115 senior medical students. The Mini-CEX instrument was applied at the beginning and at the end of a month of a family medicine rotation. The evaluation was carried out by teachers trained in the use of Mini-CEX. The study collected the results and analyzed them with the statistical package STATA 17.0. Results: The average age was 23.4 ±1.4 years, and 61.7% were women. At the beginning of the rotation, 15% of the students had a satisfactory global evaluation, while at the end of the rotation, 88% had a satisfactory evaluation. Clinical judgment was the competence which increased the most (68%). Cronbach's Alpha resulted in 0.9383. Conclusions: The training of medical students in a family medicine rotation contributes to the achievement of competencies in a comprehensive approach.

Translated title of the contribution	Evaluación del nivel de competencias en cuidado integral en estudiantes de medicina con Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (MINI-CEX)
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	294-301
Number of pages	8
Journal	Revista Medica Herediana
Volume	36
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.20453/rmh.v36i4.5703
State	Published - 19 Dec 2025

Keywords

Family practice
Integrality in Health
Medical education
Primary Health care

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