Background:

the resizing of the pedagogical work of the teacher constitutes a new option to be developed in higher medical education.

Objective:

to design a cooperative learning diploma course to contribute to the development of teaching training and group cohesion in students and professors of Health Technology degrees.

Methods:

a development investigation was carried out at the Faculty of Nursing Technology, at Santiago de Cuba University of Medical Sciences, during the 2018-2019 academic year. Theoretical methods were used: analytical-synthetic, inductive-deductive and systemic-structural; empirical ones: documentary review, questionnaire and interview; also the criteria of specialists for the assessment of the proposal.

Results:

deficiencies were found in the pedagogical preparation of teachers related to the insufficient use of educational guidance resources for the development of group work with students, difficulties in the construction of learning strategies, self-management of knowledge and the use of study techniques, as well as the scarce use of pedagogical resources that stimulate adequate interpersonal and communication relationships in the fulfillment of group tasks, for which a diploma course was designed to offer a solution to these problems.

Conclusions:

it is a necessary resource for the pedagogical preparation of teachers, its contents provide tools to achieve cooperative learning and to strengthen group cohesion in students. It was satisfactorily evaluated for its relevance and adequate methodological structure.

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