Foundation:

the professional life project constitutes a complex psychological training that must be developed and evaluated during the actions carried out in the substantive university processes: training, research and university extension.

Objective:

validate the formation procedure effectiveness for the professional life project in medical students.

Methods:

a pre-experimental quantitative research was carried out at the Holguín Medical Sciences University, Mariana Grajales Coello Medical Sciences Faculty, from January 2021 to December 2022. Synthetic analytical, inductive-deductive and analytical methods were used as theoretical methodsand modeling. The empirical methods applied were the expert questionnaire, observation and the Exploration of the professional life project instrument. The research was carried out in three stages for the presentation, assessment and evaluation of the procedure.

Results:

a procedure was provided for the professional life project formation in Medicine students to be implemented during the substantive university processes. Expert judgment allowed the procedure to be evaluated as quite adequate. The pre-experiment showed its effectiveness in achieving the objective.

Conclusions:

there are insufficiencies in the treatment of the professional life project during initial training. The validation of the procedure was accepted by the experts because it contributes to the pedagogical process quality in the Medicine career.