Resumen

ABREU CERVANTES, Arleen  y  TELLEZ CABRERA, Maritza Yuliet. University leaders and student leading role. Case University of Medical Sciences. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2018, vol.18, n.3, pp.504-520. ISSN 1727-8120.

The formation of competent and committed professionals with the ideal of social justice and human solidarity is a challenge for the medical universities in Cuba. The student-leading role in this context helps to form self-determined, critical, reflective young people, who take charge of his professional development and take part of creative form in the transformation of the society. A qualitative investigation was carried out in the University of Medical Sciences, with the objective to value the vision that the student leaders have on the student-leading role, the factors that limit it and actions to perfect it. There used the techniques structured interview, group interview and taking part observation to a sample of eleven student leaders. It was identified that the student leaders have an appropriate vision on the student-leading role and indicated factors that limit the leading role, associated with the proper students, the teachers, the university authorities and the institution.

Palabras clave : student-leading role; student leaders; professional training.

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