Background:

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

Objective:

to evaluate the effectiveness of the procedure for the formation of the professional life project in medical students.

Methods:

a pre-experimental quantitative research was carried out at "Mariana Grajales Coello" University of Medical Sciences from Holguín, Faculty of Medical Sciences, from January 2021 to December 2022. Analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction were used as theoretical methods. The empirical methods applied were observation, the Exploration of the professional life project instrument; as well as the pre-test, post test and modeling to evaluate its effectiveness.

Results:

a procedure was provided for the formation of the professional life project in Medicine students to be implemented trough core university processes. The pre-test and post test showed its effectiveness in achieving the objective.

Conclusions:

the procedure presented increases the quality of the initial training of medical students. Through its evaluation, it was found that it improves the pedagogical process and favors the professional life project.

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