- The Clinical Practice Guides contain indications that all health professionals must follow for the correct care of the main current diseases and conditions.
- They are also the documents with which each year the different versions of the ENARM are prepared.
- All can be consulted for free from the CENETEC Master Catalog but the main problem is that there are too many.
Knowledge is the most valuable tool a person has. Within the field of health there are documents that all doctors should know and they are the Clinical Practice Guidelines. In fact, they are the pillar of the race because they contain all the indications regarding the care that you must provide to the main diseases and conditions.
Therefore, it does not matter if you are just a university student or if you have decades of experience because it is your obligation to know these documents. The good news is that they are all free and just a click away. While the greatest adversity is that there are so many that it takes whole months just to read the content of all of them.
What are Clinical Practice Guidelines?
The first thing is to understand what they consist of and why they are so important. These are documents that issue recommendations based on a conscious, judicious and explicit analysis of national and international scientific evidence, as well as the experience of health personnel specialized in the matter and, in some cases, the values and preferences of patients. . The purpose is to make available to users health interventions that are effective and safe.
In Mexico, starting in 2007, the National Program of Clinical Practice Guidelines under the coordination of National Center for Technological Excellence in Health (CENETEC). To date, it is the authority in charge of preparing and updating each one.
With this context, CENETEC establishes, in consensus with the institutions of the National Health System, the Master Catalog from where all can be consulted and downloaded, but do you know how many there are?
It should be noted that, thanks to the sectoral collaborative effort and the altruistic and voluntary work of more than 3,000 health professionals who have participated as expert personnel in the creation of said documents. To date, there is a universe of 832 Clinical Practice Guidelines that cover national programs and priorities, as well as different institutional needs.
An essential part in the integration of all of them is the Developer Group made up of a sufficient number of specialized personnel with knowledge of the central theme of the guide. This ensures that the content of the final product is of high scientific rigor.
On the other hand, these documents are of great relevance because they are the basis for the elaboration of the National Exam for Applicants for Medical Residencies (ENARM). Therefore, if you want to study for this test, the best thing you can do is give a general review of each of the 832 Clinical Practice Guidelines.
How and where can they be consulted?
As already mentioned, they are all just a click away and all you need is an internet connection. To review the master catalog with each of the documents, all you have to do is visit this link.
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