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ZELADA VARGAS, Jorge. Human values of the XXI century physician: Degree of knowledge of the students and teachers of the medicine major of U.M.S.A. 2017. Cuad. - Hosp. Clín. [online]. 2018, vol.59, n.1, pp. 39-48. ISSN 1652-6776.

Abstract A study carried out during the 2017 term on Values and Virtues of the XXI Century physician is presented. Objetive: To determine the degree of knowledge about the human values of the doctor of the 21 st century, which teachers and students of the Medicine Major of the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (U.M.S.A.) have. Material and Methods: Observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study, carried out in the academic term 2017, by means of the application of the educational survey: "Principles and Values in the Physician". 912 students participated, corresponding to the six years of the Medicine Major and 56 teachers, the sample was voluntary. Results: The best known value for students from first to fifth year of Medicine is Courtesy (from 77% to 71.5%), followed by the value of Simplicity that is between 60% and 72%; the least conceptualized value is Honesty in students o fall years, including Rotary Internship (4.3% to 10%). Among teachers the value that they all define (100%) is that of Simplicity, followed by Courtesy with 95%. There is a greater level of knowledge about the values of the doctor (from 56% to 100%) in the group of teachers in all the values, except Honesty (36%), compared with the group of students of the six years (including Rotary Internship). The students also define in a lower percentage the values of Humanism and Respect. Conclusions: It is necessary to incorporate the teaching of Medical Ethics in the Medicine Major of the U.M.S.A., in the six years of Career (including Rotary Internship). Since medical students are unaware of the human values that the 21 st century physician must know and adopt for their professional performance, in order to fulfill their role in society treating the sick as human beings from the premise, "there are no diseases, there are sick people."

Palabras llave : Valores humanos; ética médica; desempeño profesional.