Background:

it is necessary to address the development of communication and linguistic competencies and skills of the future general practitioner in the universities of medical sciences, as they are essential tools for their profession.

Objective:

to present the experiences acquired with the application of a strategy for the improvement of communicative and linguistic competences and skills of the general practitioner in training.

Methods:

a development investigation was carried out at Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences during 2018. Theoretical methods were used: analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction and historical-logical; and empirical ones: revision of study plans, final exams and diagnostic test to verify if they promote the writing of texts and the correct application of Instruction 1/09, in addition, the nominal group technique and the assessment by specialists.

Results:

the difficulties for the development of the skills and abilities mentioned in the students were verified; in the teachers, lack of knowledge, of adequate methodologies for the correct application of Instruction 1/09 and the lack of upgrading ways; a strategy was developed that contains various bibliographic supporting materials, undergraduate and graduate courses, methodological workshops, and other actions. It was assessed by specialist criteria.

Conclusions:

its implementation generated several positive experiences, among them its relevance to uniformly apply Instruction 1/09 in all discounts related to spelling, writing and speaking, and its usefulness to solve linguistic and methodological deficiencies, as a necessary scientific foundation for the development of communication skills and abilities.

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