This course aims to promote the development of competences for the selection and management of ramdom clinical trials, groups, cases and controls; the specific methodologic characteristics for the development of each one, and their potential in the generation of knowledge (scientific evidences).  The investigation procotol is reviewed to start research development.

At the conclusion of the course, students will be able to prevent and manage comprehensively the most frequent diseases at primary-care level. They will also demonstrate critical judgment to refer cases which are beyond their resolving capacity to another level of care. The aim of this is for the students to develop an attitude toward clinical medicine oriented to the optimization of health care resources. This will be achieved through readings, discussions and practice obtained in clinical rotations.

At the conclusion of the course, students will develop and implement important changes in the habits and customs of the people in their physical, psychological, and social milieu, as well as in the manner in which comprehensive medical servicesare provided and received, respecting their culture and taking into consideration the available resources in order to solve major health problems that affect the community, proving to be a individuals who are responsible for their society and committed to their profession and the health of human beings.

At the conclusion of the course, students will be able to diagnose and treat the most common medical and medical-surgical emergencies, i.e. unexpected clinical situations that endanger a patient's life, physiological systems, or physical integrity. The above is for the purpose of working in the clinical field of medicine, ensuring the health and quality of life of people. This will be achieved through practice with patients when on duty in the hospital wards.

At the conclusion of the course, students will be able to apply the methods and techniques of public health that relate to epidemiology, statistics and health systems in order to act for health through the interaction between man and his environment, both the individual and community levels. Additionally, they will be able to understand the fundamental principles of public health based on their capacity to plan, organize, and manage collective efforts with the aim of establishing an organized response aiming for the protection, promotion and restoration of the population's health.

At the conclusion of the course, students will be able to structure and implement an efficient history-taking and clinical examination procedure in order to create effective diagnostic hypotheses to real and complex clinical problems in clinical practice.

At the conclusion of the course, students will be able to form a critical judgment that allows them to solve the ethical dilemmas in the practice of medicine in order to best support patient and family decision-making during their disease process and in treatments with ethical and moral implications.

At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to explain the multifactorial origin of the health-disease process, based on the model of Natural History of Disease and prevention levels, and the epidemiological model of the health field, applied to the morbidity and mortality of major causes of illness and damage to health. They will also be able to analyze the efficiency and effectiveness of key health programs under the risk approach, applied to different levels of individual , family and community prevention.

At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to explain the bases of Quality Medical Care, assessing the legal implications of the clinical record and the involvement of health personnel in the health care process and revising the General Health Law and the Civil Code. For all of this, they will take into consideration the most important aspects of a physician's professional, civil, and criminal liability in order to set a good example as a health professional.