title: [Perceptions of faculty members and students about undergraduate training in primary health care].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  It is unknown if medical education is preparing physicians to successfully work at primary health care settings.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To explore what are the perceptions of faculty members and students about the type of physician needed and if medical education is coherent with the practice of primary health care.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifteen semi-structured interviews to key informants from faculty members and ten focus groups with students were carried out.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Important influences of role modelling and hidden curriculum were found, especially in relation to the type of physician needed, generalist or specialist, and in relation to the places where the clinical practices were done. Although primary health care was declared in the profiles, most of clinical practices were done at hospitals and supervised by specialists. Working at primary health care is seen as a temporary work, not valued by professionals nor by the society.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Medical Schools are not preparing professionals for primary health care but for hospital care and specialized medicine.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parada-Lezcano
authors.forename: María Inés
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Romero S
authors.forename: Fabián
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moraga Cortés
mesh_terms: D002677:Chile; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D058005:General Practitioners / Q000193:education* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D010819:Physician's Role; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*