Introduction:

Jose Marti is an example of a man of essentially humanistic formation, who fully perceived the need of having a comprehensive general culture.

Objective:

to describe the importance of the use of the figure of Jose Marti in the visual arts, as a motivational tool for first-year Medicine students, in the subject Health Promotion.

Development:

education is defended with commitment, creativity and example, working for the beauty and culture of detail, as a practice in each educational center. Taking into account the contents and educational objectives of the subject Health Promotion, it has been very positive to use the figure of Marti, seen by different artists of the visual arts, to impart the different teaching activities of the subject Health Promotion.

Conclusions:

the actions allow to help the formation of ethical and esthetic values of the first-year Medicine students of the Matanzas University of Medical Sciences, and to achieve in them a comprehensive general culture.

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