Introduction:

Competent human resources are important for the development of any society, which implies directing efforts towards the improvement of professional performance in order to achieve their impact on and such contribution to human progress and development.

Objective:

To characterize the professional performance in Human Histology of specialists being trained in Pathological Anatomy at Hospital Universitario General Calixto García during the period 2015-2020.

Methods:

A descriptive-observational study with a mixed approach was conducted. The study universe and the sample coincided, composed of 13 specialists being trained in their first semester of the specialty’s first academic year and 8 professors of the Pathological Anatomy specialty. The sampling was by convenience. Theoretical and empirical methods were used. Descriptive statistics were used, particularly the percentage analysis, as well as absolute and relative frequency, by using the programs Microsoft Excel and SPSS, which allowed the quantitative processing of the applied instruments. Technology was used for determining problems and potentialities of advanced education.

Conclusions:

The application of the aforementioned technology allowed characterizing the current state of professional performance in Human Histology of the specialist being trained in Pathological Anatomy, which revealed deficiencies and difficulties in the dimensions theoretical-practical knowledge in Human Histology, human behavior, as well as ethical and bioethical behavior. The methodological triangulation applied to the results of the instruments contributed to the identification of the inventory of problems and potentialities.