Background:

Pharmacokinetics is a subject that in Pharmacology generates difficulties in students due to its complexity, so that its teaching must be treated in the subject teaching staff meeting through methodological work.

Objective:

to develop methodological guidelines for the improvement of the teaching of the Pharmacokinetics subject in Pharmacology I.

Methods:

a cross-sectional descriptive research was carried out at Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences from January to June 2016. Theoretical methods were used: analytical-synthetic, induction-deduction and structural-functional systemic; empirical ones: documentary analysis, the student survey, interviews with key informants and brain-storming as a participative technique; and mathematical-statistics. The research was developed in three stages: diagnosis, preparation of methodological guidelines and assessment by specialists.

Results:

it was found that the insufficient use of the space of the teaching consultation class and the motivation of the students for the study of the subject were the factors that most influenced the poor results obtained, so the methodological work of the subject teaching staff meeting was strengthened through the elaboration of methodological guidelines that included a didactic guide to favor the independent work.

Conclusions:

the methodological guidelines ensured a better development in the teaching of the topic, which resulted in better appropriation of knowledge. They were endorsed by specialists, who considered the product as pertinent, useful, feasible and with scientific-pedagogical value.

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