[Pediatric cardiovascular surgical data base registry in México. First report].

Introduction: Current world tendency is the detection of health problems in order to offer solution alternatives by means of the development of computarized data bases.

Objective: To present the results of a computerized data base developed for the registry of pediatric cardiac surgery with the support of Asociación Mexicana de Especialistas en Cardiopatías Congénitas (AMECC, A.C.

Mexican registry of pediatric cardiac surgery. First report.

Background: Currently, there is a spreading worldwide tendency to characterize health issues and to propose alternative solutions via the creation of computerized databases. The aim of this study was to present the results in a computerized database of pediatric cardiac surgeries developed under the auspices of the Mexican Association of Specialists in Congenital Heart Diseases (Asociación Mexicana de Especialistas en Cardiopatías Congénitas A.C) and coordinated by the collegiate group of Pediatric Cardiology and Surgery as petitioned by the National Institutes of Health and High Specialty Hospitals Coordinating Commission.

[The evaluation process in the National Program of Continuous Academic Development for the General Physician (PRONADAMEG)].

In this brief diagnostic description of medical education in Mexico, we present the origin and first 10 years of the Program that arose from the agreement for collaboration of the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico and the National Autonomous University of Mexico for development of the general physician. By comparing elements used in the national survey of continuous medical education with that of the Program, we are able to obtain the level achieved through positioning, academic administrative organization, and national coverage. With regard to the characteristics of the Program, evaluation of learning is detailed.