Serra VMÁ, González OG

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Higher medical education in Cuba is based on the principles of excellence, quality and relevance. It is important and necessary to integrate teaching, care, research and management. University excellence is based on the educational process and on the scientific research process.
Objective: To highlight the importance of research in the health sciences and in pedagogical research.
Methods: A bibliographic search was carried out using the descriptors of the health sciences in different sources of information and the ones considered most important were chosen.
Results: The importance is highlighted of scientific research in the health sciences, pedagogy and teacher improvement. Difficulties are analyzed regarding the number and quality of the research, the application of the results, the growing student movement in their participation in scientific events, the favorable rise of research in nursing, the participation of the teaching and non-teaching professionals in the research and the value of international scientific collaboration.
Conclusions: Scientific research in the health sciences constitutes a cornerstone for development. The results should be generalized and applied. Chronic noncommunicable diseases, cancer and the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases are priority problems due to their morbidity and mortality. Pedagogical research and teaching excellence are necessary in the quality of teaching and for obtaining a graduate of excellence.