Abstract

MANRESA MALPICA, Laura; GARCIA PELAEZ, Soledad Yanedy  and  MANRESA PACHECO, Néstor. The medical university in Cuba during the colonial period. Rev.Med.Electrón. [online]. 2021, vol.43, n.5, pp. 1456-1468.  Epub Oct 31, 2021. ISSN 1684-1824.

A research was carried out on the medical university in Cuba, including the teaching of Medicine and Dentistry, with the aim of explaining its historical evolution during the colonial period. The authors emphasized the main figures who worked during this period, the first medical publications, and the institutions and healthcare centers that implemented the practice of medicine. It is concluded that the medical university in Cuba was founded on a scholastic and traditionalist basis. From 1842, the teaching of Medicine developed with the creation of new curricula, the increase of trained professionals, the publication of high-quality scientific journals, and the emergence of high-quality teaching centers.

Keywords : medical university; historical evolution; colonial period; Cuba.

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