Introduction:

Postgraduate education is one of the components of the continuous education model in higher education and follows the undergraduate.

Objective:

To characterize the organizational forms of academic training and professional development at Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Manuel Fajardo during the academic year 2022.

Methods:

A cross-sectional, descriptive and observational study was carried out, in which the most significant results of the organizational forms of academic training and professional improvement were described.

Results:

359 (68.6%) and 164 (31.3%) professional development and training courses were carried out, respectively, for a sheer number of 523 activities. Of the 359 professional development courses, 37.3 % corresponded to primary health care. Thirty-four specialties were authorized, including 30 medical specialties, 3 nursing specialties and 1 psychology specialty. At the institute level, there were 9 specialties (26.5 %); at the hospital level, 23 specialties (67.6 %); and 2 specialties in primary health care (5.9 %). There were 9 approved master's degree programs by the Comisión para la Educación de Posgrado (COPEP) and 13 new programs under development. Of the approved master's degrees, 8 (88.8%) belonged to institutes. The doctoral strategy was targeted at 21 residents. There were 93 PhD students and 85 PhDs.

Conclusions:

Despite the advances experienced by Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Manuel Fajardo regarding professional improvement, as well as within postgraduate academic training in each of its substantive processes, procedures must be perfected, paths must be made viable and human capital must be encouraged.