Introduction:

After the triumph of the Cuban revolution, the biologicist and mercantilist conception of medicine changed. The concept that health is a right of the people and a duty of the Cuban state radically transformed the training of the specialist in General Surgery in Cuba. A documentary review was carried out of 20 articles in the CUMED, SciELO and LILACS databases. The theoretical method of logical historical scientific research was applied in order to identify the historical trends in the training of the General Surgery specialist in Cuba.

Objective:

To identify the historical trends in the training of general surgeons in Cuba.

Development:

Starting in the last century, the historical trends in the training of the General Surgery specialist in Cuba are identified, according to the following stages: 1900-1959: spontaneity in the training process; 1959-1985: organization of the training process throughout the country; 1986-2014: implementation of the specialization program; 2015-2021: incorporation of minimal access surgery and complex surgeries.

Conclusions:

The training of the specialist in General Surgery in Cuba runs from a spontaneous training, lacking precise normative documentation to a stage in which ambitious plans and programs are implemented in its purpose of training a professional with a "broad profile", congruent with scientific and technical advances that occur on a global scale and with developing countries.

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