Professional development in the care of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Introduction: in order to strengthen and renew the knowledge of general practitioners, all health care demands and needs from population area huge importance, more over in a context where this area of knowledge is constantly updated. Objective: to assess the development strategy implemented for the improvement of the professional performance of primary health care physicians for a better care of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, attended in both teaching polyclinics, Policlínico Docente "Jorge Ruiz Ramírez" and Policlínico Docente de Playa, located in Playa municipality, Havana, Cuba, in the pointed period September 2020 to June 2021. Method: an observational and descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out, supported with the implementation of a development strategy in a group of 32 physicians, who were selected as sample. The observation of professional performance, the pre-experimental design, the expert consultation and satisfaction test were used. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov technique, the Delphi method and the Chi-square statistical test were applied. Results: it was found that the experts consulted evaluated all the indicators as quite adequate; in the pre-experimental design, the cognitive, care, and attitude dimensions, very positive changes were observed. With the implementation of the intentional development strategy, the group satisfaction index was rate as Very satisfactory. Conclusions: the outcomes reached marked the scientific value of the study, in which the variable used: professional performance of primary health care physicians for a better care of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, had positive changes at the time of the development strategy was implemented.