Introduction:

the use of a virtual learning environment in the subject Nervous, Endocrine and Reproductive System by first-year students of Medicine, is a goal to be achieved in the Cuban context. This requires tasks which will allow modulating the management of virtual learning environments to the classroom subjects’ improvement.

Objective:

to design a virtual environment as learning space in the subject Nervous, Endocrine and Reproductive System.

Materials and methods:

a cross-sectional, descriptive, observational study was performed. The population was constituted by 285 students. The survey was applied to a sample of 165 students, for a confidence level of 95 % and an error margin of 5. Individuals were chosen through simple random probabilistic sampling.

Results:

in general, a high degree of satisfaction was found in all indicators, standing out indicators 3, 7 and 9.

Conclusions:

the described virtual environment is an important learning space for students-as support to the teaching learning process-, valued with high satisfaction degree by the participants.

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