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GARCIA GONZALEZ, Mercedes Caridad; VARELA DE MOYA, Humberto Silvio; ROSABALES QUILES, Irma  y  VERA HERNANDEZ, Dariena. Base theoretical that sustain the importance of the independent work in the superior medical education. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2015, vol.15, n.2, pp. 324-339. ISSN 1727-8120.

The objective of the work was to stablish the theorical bases that sustain the importance of the independent work in the teaching learning process in the medical education, as well as, relative aspects to its conception, requirements and application forms. A bibliographical study about the topic was carried out reaching the following conclusions the independent work is a way of organizing methologically the independent cognitive activity of the students that is expressed through out a group of tasks and it can be used during the teaching - learning in and out of the classroom; as well as in any of the forms of teaching organization. It is indispensable when organizing the independent work of the students to keep in mind the different stages of the human activity planning, orientation, execution and control. The independent work is an important factor to stimulate the independent of the future professionals of the medical sciences that is why its improvement demands a higher professionalism of its actions.

Palabras clave : medical education; cognition; teaching; independent work.

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