Abstract

Introduction: The ideal characteristics of the Graduate Professor of Pediatrics at the Medical School of the Universidad de Chile are yet not defined. Objective: To determine these characteristics from members' perception. Methodology: Qualitative research. Focus groups for Professors, alumni and Pediatrics students and interviews to three authorities took place at the Campus Oriente. Once the profile was elaborated, Directors of Departments of Pediatrics of other Campuses were interviewed for validation. Results: A teaching profile was elaborated differentiating the role of the professional as a person (committed, responsible, honest, respectful, tolerant, friendly, empathetic, assertive, leader, role model and able to maintain good interpersonal relationships), as a teacher (trained in teaching, planner, evaluator, with protected time for teaching, with capacities for self-reflection and self-assessment, learning facilitator, motivator, facilitator of a climate that encourages learning, communicator, with vocation, challenging, accessible, knowledgeable and user of new technologies and with ability to review the teaching process) and as a clinician (expert in his discipline, updated, researcher, identified and committed to the institution, able to work in a team). Conclusions: An ideal profile of the Graduate Professor of Pediatrics was created.