Background:

the vertiginous development of science and technology constantly incorporates new advances to the daily task of medical practice, which calls for continuous training. This need is accentuated when dealing with the care of serious patients in the context of postoperative cardiovascular surgery, where the most of them are treated in intensive care units.

Objectives:

to design a teaching aid for bibliographic support for the subjects included in Module 25: Cardiovascular post-operative care in adults and children, of the third year study program of the cardiology residency.

Methods:

a development research was carried out in the "Ernesto Che Guevara" Cardiologic center, in Villa Clara, from December 2017 to 2018. Theoretical methods were used: analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction and systemic-structural; empirical ones: documentary analysis and questionnaire to specialized medical teachers; and statistical mathematics for absolute and relative values.

Results:

the literature on the subjects of the module is scattered, it is extensive and has partially limited access, the satisfaction questionnaire on the teaching aid designed, obtained in the entire variables analyzed category 4, which supports its updating, relevance, integration, structure and organization of the contents.

Conclusions:

the teaching aid was adequate, with good acceptance, and the recommendations issued by the specialists in its final elaboration were taken into account.

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