Introduction:

the evaluation of the didactic competences of professors in Medical Education becomes a basic pillar to ensure that the graduates perform their work efficiently and accomplish their social responsibility: excellence in the satisfaction of services aimed at improving the health status of the population.

Objective:

to identify the advances of methodological work on the main comprehensive discipline of dentistry studies at Victoria de Giron School of Medicine.

Methods:

a longitudinal descriptive study was carried out in the methodological work developed on the main comprehensive discipline in which theoretical methods were applied: analysis-synthesis, deduction-induction and historical-logical; along with empirical methods: documentary analysis of the curricula and methodological guidelines, arrangement of the methodological work, annual reports, minutes of methodological meetings and resolutions; in addition, interviews were conducted with key informers.

Results:

the most relevant aspects of the methodological work of the discipline in each stage were exposed, from its beginnings, putting emphasis on the protagonists as well as on their achievements, as evidence of the commendable efforts made.

Conclusions:

the positive advances of the methodological work carried out by the main comprehensive discipline of dentistry studies at Victoria de Giron School of Medicine from its beginnings to the current projection were identified, which reflects the leading role on the methodological training of their professors.

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