Introduction:

The search for didactic strategies that allow to crown the competence achievement in a healthcare trainee, enables to visualize the need to promote a multidisciplinary work in the professional training stages.

Aim:

To implement the collaborative working instruction strategy through the multidisciplinary integration of students in the healthcare area from the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Chile, during the second semester of the year 2018.

Subjects and methods:

Pilot project of didactic intervention applying multidisciplinary work as a learning strategy in healthcare. Students from the schools of kinesiology, nursing and nutrition and dietetics, making work teams lead by a mentor from one of those disciplines and developing a case based in the problem-based learning methodology. The opinion of the students is evaluated through an open questions and alternatives survey.

Results:

Students recognize their participation in the educative intervention as positive. The better evaluated aspects include the valuation of teamwork with other disciplines in the area, and the appreciation in the acquisition of new knowledge, besides the benefits that the user will receive while being cared for a healthcare team with an integrated focus.

Conclusions:

The multidisciplinary work is a didactic strategy that promotes active learning, improves collaborative work, communication among peers and is positively valuated for students in the healthcare area.

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