Introduction:

the teaching communicative process demands the training of students from the undergraduate level for pedagogical motivation.

Objective:

to characterize student qualities for pedagogical motivation in medical students of the University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara in the period 2021-2022.

Methods:

a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out during the period from September 2021 to October 2022. The population consisted of 40 first year medical students. Theoretical, systemic, historical-logical and analytical-synthetic methods were used, as well as empirical methods: documentary analysis and student questionnaire.

Results:

it was verified through the results that first-year medical students did not recognize as an essential quality the communicative ability to feel motivation for teaching.

Conclusions:

it was also corroborated the need to develop integrated educational actions to encourage favorable qualities in undergraduate students of Medicine from the teaching-educational context towards the future achievement of a qualified teaching staff.

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