Background:

the existence of dissatisfies in the doctor-patient relationship constitutes a concern for the direction of the State and the Cuban health branch.

Objective:

to assess the development of students' communication skills, according to the teacher's perception of compliance with communication functions for an adequate doctor-patient relationship.

Methods:

a qualitative research was carried out at the Faculty of Medicine of Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences, Cuba, from May to June 2021. Theoretical methods were applied: analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction and historical-logical; and empirical ones: documentary analysis and structured opinion survey of teachers based on communicative functions. The results were expressed in percentages according to the indicators for the assessment and were illustrated in figures.

Results:

the curriculum of the Medicine career offers possibilities for the development of communication skills as a basis for an adequate doctor-patient relationship, the subjects and disciplines of undergraduate training and the in-service training are strengths. The informative function of communication turned out to be the most favored in the criteria expressed by the teachers; the regulatory and affective obtained lower percentages.

Conclusions:

the teacher's perception showed insufficiencies in the doctor-patient relationship in all functions, which is why it is necessary to develop strategies for the development of communication skills, essential in humanitarian medical training that characterizes Cuban medical assistance.

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