Resumen

QUINTANA TORRES, Jorge Luis; FLORES RODRIGUEZ, Jorge Luis  y  ACOSTA VALDES, María Antonia. A suitable definition of medicine: Why is it useful?. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2003, vol.3, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1727-8120.

The authors explain the role of the discipline HISTORY OF MEDICINE in the process of formation of the ability invariant that together to the knowledge invariant will allow the future health professional 's activity . The preconceptions that students have on medicine are evaluated and didactic resources to learn how to define medicine are offered. The impact this resource has in the academic, investigative and working areas of students' lives is also valued

Palabras clave : MEDICINE; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDUCATION MEDICAL UNDERGRADUATE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE.

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