Background:

elective subjects provide contents that are intended to expand and update students on scientific issues related to the profession. They are decided in each higher education center, they are included in the study plan and the student selects them to attend them in a compulsory way.

Objective:

to develop a syllabus for the optional course Elements of Morphophysiology whose contents constitute the scientific basis in the teaching of the Fundamentals of Nursing course.

Methods:

a development research was carried out in the Technology Faculty of Camagüey University of Medical Sciences, in the 2016-2017 academic year. Theoretical methods were used: analysis-synthesis and inductive-deductive and the systemic approach; and empirical ones: documentary analysis of teaching programs and the survey in the form of an interview with students and teachers to determine the contents to be introduced in the program.

Results:

the program was developed based on general contents of Morphophysiology, structured in three subjects, with face-to-face character and duration of 24 hours. It contains general educational and instructive objectives, specific objectives, contents, methodological guidelines and assessment system.

Conclusions:

the elective course provided students with knowledge that optimized the development of the teaching-learning process. Its creation responded to a need and in practice reinforced the scientific basis for the acquisition of knowledge of the leading subject.

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