Introduction:

Medical education is based on the principles of on-the-job training. As a form of organization of the teaching process, on-the-job training plays a leading role in fulfilling such a mission. Primary health care settings should therefore permanently expand their involvement in the training of these professionals.

Objective:

Determine medical student and teacher satisfaction with on-the-job training in primary health care settings.

Methods:

A longitudinal descriptive study was conducted in Santo Domingo, Villa Clara province, during the school year 2016-2017. The sample was 26 third-year medical students from Manuel Piti Fajardo University Polyclinic, 24 sixth-year students rotating in Comprehensive General Medicine in this municipality, and 20 teachers actively involved in the training of these students. Data were obtained from document review and surveys applied to students and teachers.

Results:

Good performance prevailed. Students acquired their skills in the two years assigned to them, and all passed their end-of-term exams in the ordinary call. Most teachers were Assistant Professors methodologically trained to lead on-the-job training tasks.

Conclusions:

Most of the students and teachers in the study reported being satisfied with participating in on-the-job training activities in these environments.

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