ABSTRACT
Con el objetivo de identificar los factores relacionados con la labor del tutor de trabajos de terminación de la especialidad Medicina General Integral (MGI) en el municipio Remedios durante el curso 2010-2011, se realizó una investigación con el universo: 18 tutores y 34 residentes de la mencionada especialidad .Se aplicaron métodos teóricos de análisis y síntesis para la revisión de documentos y la literatura científica, y métodos empíricos como la encuesta a tutores y residentes y se efectuó una entrevista a informantes clave. Se identifican dificultades relacionadas con la insuficiente preparación pedagógica y metodológica y otras vinculadas a la planificación del contenido de trabajo del tutor y la distribución de su fondo de tiempo laboral.
The objective of this work is to identify the factors that are related to the activity of the tutors of the final works in the Integral General Medicine Specialty, in Remedios municipality during the academic year 2010_2011. The universe of this research work is composed by 18 tutors and 34 residents of this specialty. Theoretical methods were used, for instance, analysis and synthesis for the review of documents and scientific literature, empirical methods were also used, for example, the interview and a survey was applied to the tutors and residents of this specialty. Difficulties were identified in relation to the insufficient methodological and pedagogical preparation as well as in the planning of the tutor´s work and in the distribution of their working hours.