Introduction:

The nurse who works as a tutor in primary healthcare has the responsibility of promoting the comprehensive formation of the student under her or his charge.

Objective:

To design a professional upgrading proposal for improving the work of the nursing tutor in primary healthcare.

Methods:

A developmental research was carried out at Dr. Juan Guiteras Gener School of Medical Sciences in Matanzas, during the 2017-2018 academic year, with a sample of 22 nursing tutors from primary healthcare from Matanzas Municipality. The documents supporting the methodological work of methodologists and managers of education at work were analyzed. A survey addressed to tutors was designed to identify the learning needs, as well as a guide for the observation of the activities of education at work in primary healthcare and an interview to be applied with methodologists and managers. Twenty-six experts were selected for the proposal evaluation.

Results:

The learning needs were determined with the surveys applied to the tutors and the observations made to the activities of education at work. The interviews conducted with methodologists and managers corroborated the need for the proposal.

Conclusions:

A professional upgrading proposal was designed for improving the work of the nursing tutor in primary healthcare, addressing the unveiled needs. The experts assessed the proposal as adequate, feasible and applicable.

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