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MEDEROS CURBELO, Orestes Noel et al. Meetings among the surgery services of centennial hospitals in search of history and scientific tradition. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2012, vol.51, n.1, pp. 118-124. ISSN 0034-7493.

The meetings have an annual base. The first one was in the "Manuel Fajardo" University Hospital and in its organization they have a management group prior whose priority is the brotherhood among the surgeons and the rescue of tradition and history of the specialty, to maintain the tradition among the hospitals and the centennial surgery services, as well as to remember events and historical personalities in the search of the history and the scientific tradition.The purpose of these meetings is to pay tribute to the professors with scientific results in the medical teaching, to motivate the development of young professionals and the recognition to deceased historical personalities. Until now 5 meeting have been developed including four meetings on the resident's knowledges. It has been reconnoitre to 24 professors devoting the last four meeting of knowledges to distinguished deceased professor in past years. Five hospitals are involved: "Comandante Manuel Fajardo", "General Calixto García", "Dr. Salvador Allende", "Dr. Miguel Enríquez" and "10 de Octubre". The meetings among surgery services of centennial hospitals has been a source of search of history and of recognition of the effort in our professors.

Palavras-chave : surgery; history; tradition.