abstract
- © 2019 Elsevier España, S.L.U.Introduction: The medical profession is in a period of transition due to the improvements in the scientific, technological, and social advances that affecting health care. This new context requires the transformation from a model of total autonomy of the profession to a model centred on the patient, which has important implications for medical education. Method: The objective of the present study was to identify the perception of medical students towards these changes and explore to what extent they reflect the classic paradigm that would entail a «physician centred» perspective vs the new «patient centred» trend. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 55 medical students of three different schools. Results: Qualitative analysis showed that an interpretation based on the classic model that focuses on the autonomy and status of the profession prevails over the patient centred approach. Conclusion: The process of socialisation and the hidden curriculum are brought up for discussion in order to explore the way in which such paradigm is promoted instead of the patient centred approach.