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CRUZ SEGUNDO, Regla; SOLERNOU MESA, I. Alejandro; NOLASCO CHARON, Teresa  e  VAZQUEZ CRUZ, Carmen Martha. Preparación de los estudiantes de la carrera de Medicina acerca de la patogenia del VIH-SIDA. Educ Med Super [online]. 2004, vol.18, n.3, pp. 1-1. ISSN 0864-2141.

The present paper analyzes the results of the evaluation of the content on HIV-AIDS pathogeny among medical students from 3 consecutive courses at "Dr. Miguel Enriquez" Medical Faculty. This knowledge is tought in the fourth semester of the career. It was proved that 60 % of the examinees knew the HIV pathogeny at the level of knowledge reproduction, which is the basis for going deeper into knowledge in further years of the syllabus.

Palavras-chave : AIDS; HIV; academic training; evaluation.