Background:

there have been several professors in the history of medical education that have left their imprint in the formation of new generations.

Objective:

to characterize the prolific professional activity developed by PhD. Arturo Teodoro Menéndez Cabezas, with emphasis in the investigative processes, as pedagogic legacy in the medical education.

Methods:

an ethnographic research was carried out through a historic-logical analysis of his life to characterize his way of acting. The observation and the interview with key informants were used as qualitative methods. Without making special attention to the bibliographic description, element of his life and work were approached as aspects to highlight due to the transcendence of his legacy to the new generations of health professionals in and out of the country.

Results:

the sociopolitical and educational characteristics that constitute the antecedents of the biochemist educational acting were established, the activities that characterize the university professor in Cuba are detailed, and the contributions that characterize his acting as doctor-social educator were revealed.

Conclusions:

the analysis and appreciations carried out during the research allowed characterizing the educative work of Professor Arturo, related to the assistance, docent, managerial and investigative components. His contributions to the Medical Education are found out on the base of his personal example, pedagogical conceptions, ideological thinking, interpersonal relations and above all his scientific-technical condition and preparation as biochemist, in his double work as doctor and professor.

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