Background:

the undergraduate medical student on duty system constitutes a formative scene for the acquisition of skills and values ​​of the Medicine degree.

Objective:

to assess the medical student on duty system as a form of in-service training according to the perception of fifth-year medical students.

Method:

a descriptive and cross-sectional research was carried out at Pinar del Río University of Medical Sciences from 2019 to 2020. Theoretical methods were applied: analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction and historical-logical; empirical ones: questionnaire to students through which their opinions about the medical student on duty system were explored. The results were illustrated through tables where the percentage method was applied for analysis.

Results:

the students considered the medical on call system as a way to link the acquisition of knowledge, skills and habits for the solution of health problems in the community; Surgery, Gynecology and Otorhinolaryngology specialties were the most recognized for their contributions to the profession; They pointed out as greater skills obtained: questioning the patient, making medical records and looking for risk factors; The majority agreed in their opinion on the effectiveness of teacher control and evaluation, although some methodological deficiencies persisted in order to achieve greater motivation in them.

Conclusions:

the students perceived the effectiveness of the medical on call system as a form of in-service training in the Medicine degree, since they gave a favorable opinion about it based on the contributions offered in terms of solidity of learning and in the conception and development of skills and professional values.

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