Introduction:

on-the-job training guarantees the competence and adequate performance of the future specialist in the care not only of the individual, but also of the family and the community.

Objective:

to identify the level of knowledge that the specialists in Comprehensive General Medicine possess about their role as tutor in the training of future specialists of the Jimmy Hirzel Polyclinic. Bayamo. 2019.

Method:

theoretical, empirical and statistical methods were used. The variables were studied: age, sex, years of graduates depending on the tutoring, teaching category in relation to the years as tutor, level of knowledge about the role of the tutor. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was applied to measure the reliability of the applied questionnaire. The universe was made up of all the specialists belonging to the Jimmy Hirzel polyclinic and the sample of 38 who were working as tutors in 2019.

Results:

females predominated over males with 63.2%. The most representative age group was 35 to 39 years old with 31.6%, specialists lack experience and have not faced tutoring, obtaining 52.6%. 89.5% were specialists without a teaching category. The level of knowledge of the tutors about their role in the training of specialists in Comprehensive General Medicine was low with 50%.

Conclusions:

it is shown that there are insufficiencies in the knowledge of the role of the tutor in the training of specialists in Comprehensive General Medicine and marks a challenge for the preparation of the faculty in each institution.

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