Introduction:

The revolution of teaching has made it possible to move from passive to productive methods, based on teaching through student activity. Among the latter, problem-solving teaching stands out particularly.

Objective:

To analyze problem-solving teaching in the teaching-learning process of cerebrovascular diseases.

Methods:

A literature review study was carried out through the Google Scholar search engine, in Spanish and English, and without time limit. The following terms were used: enseñanza [teaching], aprendizaje [learning], problémica [problem-solving] and métodos [methods]. Studies that dealt with problem-solving teaching were included, together with printed books and study programs on the subject. All bibliographic review or original research articles were also included, if they dealt with any aspect related to problem-solving teaching, written in Spanish or English and with enough scientific update and quality.

Conclusions:

Problem-solving teaching is concluded to be applicable to the teaching-learning process of medicine both in undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In specialization, it allows the resident, when faced with a patient with cerebrovascular disease or another one including in the study program, to develop greater independence and creativity.

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