Integrative conception for the impact evaluation of the fundamental processes in the medical university of Santiago de Cuba

The University of Medical Sciences in Santiago de Cuba has appropriated of the quality administration practice as a necessary culture to elevate the standards of its fundamental processes. All the subsystems that compose the evaluation and accreditation system of the higher education evaluate variables related to the impact. An integrative conception for this evaluation in the University of Medical Sciences of Santiago de Cuba is presented in this work. The proposal integrates in a coherent way and with systemic character categories and concepts of the quality evaluation in higher education. Its implementation allows the institution the establishment of continuous improvement actions for the training of health human resources that play leading role in the social transformation and the population health state.