Introduction.

The clinical teaching differs from classroom teaching in that it is more closely linked to the development of the graduation profile of health professionals and occurs in areas of direct patient care. For the same, requires training and specific skills of the clinical tutors who guide this formative moment.

Material and method.

A quantitative study was carried, where 70 clinical tutors were surveyed. To these, the teacher training needs questionnaire was applied, with prior informed consent.

Results.

The clinical tutors perceive training in the integral development of students as a priority 89%.

Conclusion.

The results show that clinical tutors emphasize their needs for teacher improvement in the development of clinical skills and in the comprehensive development of students. However, the perceptions of other areas of teacher training are less relevant for the clinical period.

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