Background:

Health professionals must be adequately qualified to perform their duties as investigators. In Cienfuegos, several courses have been given to train staff in clinical trials, which allows raising the quality of this type of research.

Objective:

Describe the behavior of the training of health personnel on the subject of clinical trials in the period from 2004 to 2018 in the province of Cienfuegos.

Methods:

Descriptive study on the courses taught in Cienfuegos in the period from 2004 to 2018. The documentation legislated by the postgraduate teaching secretary for the delivery of courses was consulted. The variables were analyzed: courses taught, years in which they were taught, researchers trained, place of origin and profession.

Results:

46 courses were given, of them 19 for the training of clinical investigators. 366 researchers were trained, of which 283 (77.3%) belong to secondary care and 83 (22.7%) to primary health care. In the study period, it was identified that between 2013 and 2017 higher figures were reached, 30 courses and 163 trained researchers for 46.2%. According to their profession, 52.5% are doctors and 21.9% are nurses.

Conclusions:

In Cienfuegos, the personnel who participated in the execution of clinical trials were trained; with greater representation in the medical and nursing staff of secondary care in relation to the number of clinical trials carried out at this level of the health system.

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