摘要：Introduction The teaching of oncology to medical undergraduates is still insufficient. This is manifested during the interaction of the students in spaces of promotion of health in the community. Objective To implement an elective course for performing of health audits on cancer for students of Medicine. Methodology A quasi-experimental study was carried out in Ciego de Ávila, from January 2016 to February 2017, in four stages: characterisation, design, valuation, and evaluation of effectiveness. As regards the characterisation, a descriptive study was carried out on 120 third, fourth, and fifth year medical students. The elective course was designed and evaluated by 15 experts, using Delphi methodology. The effectiveness evaluation was carried out as quasi-experiment with 30 fourth year students who received the course and provided their opinions on it. Results The students were motivated to learn about the topic and to incorporate it into the execution of health audits. They referred to not to possessing the necessary knowledge, identifying the study plan and the lack elective courses for their learning. The elective course was conceived as a course of seven thematic modules, and it was positively valued by experts. After its application, searches obtained a mean of 4.41 points compared with 3.06 before application. Conclusions The elective course was able to satisfy learning needs. It achieved relevancy and impact, and it helps students to incorporate it into to the execution of health audits.
关键词：Courses ; Cancer ; Cancer — prevention and control ; Training — prevention and control ; Medical education ; Degree of medicine
