Resumen

LORIGA ALVAREZ, Reinaldo et al. The tutor as a friend and guide of the student. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2007, vol.11, n.2, pp. 2-12. ISSN 1561-3194.

The universalization of High Medical Education is a continuing process of transformation that started with the triumph of the Revolution in 1959 aimed at extending the possibilities and opportunities of enrolment at universities as well as the spread of knowledge, favoring a high level of culture in the population and an increase of equity and social justice in our Society. An analytical qualitative study was carried out in order to know the role of the tutor at the University Out-patient Project in San Luis Municipality in 2006-2007, taking the teaching staff and the students enrolled at this University Venue as a sample. Some deficiencies were observed in the role of tutor on the areas studied : from the choice criteria due to the non-existence of a model to follow, lack of knowledge and recognition of the tutor's role, being these difficulties reflected on undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Palabras clave : PEDAGOGICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITIES; Cuba; HIGHER EDUCATION; PRECEPTORSHIP; methods.

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