RESUMO
Objetivo: definir el perfil de referencia del futuro Médico Veterinario y Zootecnista para la reforma de los procesos de formación profesional. Metodología: La Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia de la Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia trabajó con empresarios, empleadores, representantes de organismos nacionales, regionales e internacionales y egresados en la definición del perfil. Resultados y Conclusiones: El consenso apuntó a la formación de ciudadanos flexibles y capaces de aprender continuamente para reformular y reforzar sus fundamentos, competencias y criterios y así afrontar con éxito, liderazgo, emprendedorismo y una visión integral de su profesión, los cambios propios de una sociedad, cuyas necesidades e intereses evolucionan constantemente.
Aim: To define the reference a new professional profile to use it as the main driver for its curricular philosophy and structure reform. Methods: The School of Veterinary Medicine of UPCH approached and worked with its stakeholders to define the profile. They were entrepreneurs, employers, national, regional and international organizations representatives and alumni. Results and Conclusions: The consensus profile was defined as in a flexible-citizen formation with the capacity of continuous learning to successfully adapt their knowledge foundations, competencies and criteria to a very continuous and dynamic change in society needs and priorities. Leadership, entrepreneurship and integral vision of its professional role were also claimed as professional attributes for future success.