Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Introduction: the sense of belonging constitutes the relationship of identification that members of the educational community, especially students, have with the institution they attend. Objective: to determine the sense of belonging of resident physicians in Family Medicine in the municipality of Cacocum. Methods: an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional research was developed in Cacocum municipality, Holguín province, Cuba, in the period from June 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024. The universe included 33 resident physicians in Family Medicine. For the selection of the sample, a non-probabilistic intentional sampling was carried out, finally it was constituted by 22 resident physicians, who gave their consent to participate in the study. Reliability was obtained by calculating Cronbach's Alpha, in the SPSS Program for Windows version 25. Results: the global evaluation of the sense of belonging observed was predominantly at the medium level with a total of 10 resident physicians, followed by the low level with a total of eight resident physicians. Regarding the evaluations according to dimensions, the highest values were observed in the low level of the social dimension; medium level of the academic dimension and low level of the physical dimension. Conclusions: family Medicine residents presented a medium level of sense of belonging at the expense of the social, academic and physical dimensions.
Institution: Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Holguín
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7217580286