Background:

basic cardiopulmonary-cerebral resuscitation is present as its own course in the "D" and "E" study plans of the Medicine career; although in both the organization of the process has its particularities.

Objective:

to specify the differences in terms of structure, teaching process and academic results in the teaching of basic cardiopulmonary-cerebral resuscitation, between the "D" and "E" study plans of the Medicine career.

Methods:

a descriptive, prospective, cross-sectional study was carried out at Cienfuegos University of Medical Sciences from 2017 to 2019. Theoretical and empirical methods were used. To compare results, the student universe was used in both years, to evaluate satisfaction and quality a simple random sample. Descriptive statistical techniques were used. For both courses, a similar scenario and faculty were used.

Results:

the differences between both plans derive from the non-personal components of the teaching process; plan “D” has 20 hours and plan “E” 40, which expands its contents. All the topics and objectives of plan “D” were included in plan “E”. There was similarity in the general (80.4% and 75.2%) and quality (50.6% and 53.1%) school grades in both years. The fulfillment of the expectations, satisfaction and quality of the process was valued as very high and high (more than 98%) by the students in both courses.

Conclusions:

although there were differences in the teaching-learning process between both plans, there was no impact on student satisfaction, quality of the teaching process, or academic results. The “E” plan variant is more comprehensive for basic life support training.

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