[An educational position development in medicine teachers].
BACKGROUND
From a participative educational position view, enhancement of the teaching is subjected to the fact that mentors had though about conditions and circumstances that determine their performance and to get a solid position that guides them into overcoming their day-to-day trouble burden. Our objective was to measure effects of a participative educational strategy that motivates critical evaluation in the development of a position on education; seven groups of teachers were compared.


METHODS
Through a longitudinal comparative intervention design, 71 students (mentors) coming from seven educational interventions, were studied, during a period from 2002 to 2005.


RESULTS
Differences between previous and posterior to educational process measuring were statistically significant in favor of the development of a position in all the groups (Wilcoxon p < 0.01); 68 out of 71 mentors developed a position on education.


CONCLUSIONS
A participative educational strategy consolidated a personal position, resulting from the reflexive activity of the mentor.
Peralta-Heredia
Irma Concepción
IC
Centro de Investigación Educativa y Formación Docente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. irma.peralta@imss.gob.mx
González-Reyes
Héctor Fernando
HF
Luce-González
Elba Graciela
EG
D004501:Education, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D008137:Longitudinal Studies