La socialización de los practicantes a través de los manuales del Dr. Felipe Sáenz de Cenzano 1907-1942

Abstract

Since the creation of the qualification of Spanish practitioner “ practicante ” in 1857 in Spain, its teaching was regulated by several curriculums until the unification in 1953 of the three auxiliary degrees in medicine (“practicante”, midwife and nurse), in the technical health assistant (ATS). This paper analyzes the socialization of “ practicantes ” through the various editions of “ El Manual del Practicante ” (1907, 1922, 1934 and 1942), prepared by the physician in charge of their formal education in Zaragoza, Felipe Saenz de Cenzano. After analyzing its structure and content, especially the basis of their knowledge and technical skills or nursing care, we highlight the differences observed in the manuals and the legally established, which were always more restrictive. In summary, it be outlined the configuration of two different work settings, the city and the rural area, that projected two different professional images.