Introduction:

The need to raise the quality of higher education in the scientific and practical levels has given rise to the figure of the tutor, who has been formally established the task of guiding and accompanying the students assigned throughout the major.

Objective:

To carry out a systematic analysis about the theoretical references of the pedagogical training that allows the improvement of the pedagogical professional performance of the tutors of the medical major in primary health care.

Methods:

The literature referring to the professional and pedagogical work of the tutor was reviewed as a key figure in the process of training students in medical sciences during the last 30 years. A total of 50 articles of national and international literature in Spanish and English languages were selected.

Results:

With the literature review, it was possible to study the figure of the tutor in medical education, as well as conceptualize some necessary terms to understand pedagogical teaching.

Conclusions:

The regularities found in the tutoring process enrich the sciences of medical education in relation to the figure of the tutor. The pedagogical training allows this professional to improve pedagogical performance and the development of his competence for the comprehensive formation of the students of the Medicine major, which is manifested in the education at work in the different settings of primary health care.

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