%0 Journal Article %T Estrategia de preparaci車n para la evaluaci車n externa de maestr赤as Preparation strategy for the external evaluation of master∩s studies %A Isabel Louro Bernal %A Irene Perdomo Victoria %A Ana Mar赤a G芍lvez Gonz芍lez %A Giselda Sanabria Ramos %J Educaciˋ3n Mˋˋdica Superior %D 2011 %I Editorial Ciencias M谷dicas %X OBJETIVO: Describir la estrategia de preparaci車n para la evaluaci車n externa de las maestr赤as de la Escuela Nacional de Salud P迆blica. M谷TODOS: Se revisaron los documentos normativos del posgrado para extraer la visi車n de excelencia y se aplic車 la t谷cnica grupo focal para la generaci車n de ideas entre las coordinadoras de las maestr赤as. RESULTADOS: La estrategia de preparaci車n para la evaluaci車n externa se estructur車 en tres fases denominadas: Planificaci車n, Ejecuci車n y Evaluaci車n. En cada fase se identificaron momentos clave y acciones espec赤ficas articuladas mediante un proceso de control que act迆a como eje transversal de la propia estrategia. CONCLUSIONES: Se relacionaron las fuentes de informaci車n necesarias. Las acciones desplegadas por los comit谷s acad谷micos tuvieron car芍cter cient赤fico, metodol車gico y administrativo. La estrategia utilizada tuvo car芍cter institucional y contribuy車 al logro de la excelencia en las Maestr赤as de Atenci車n Primaria de Salud, Econom赤a de la Salud y Promoci車n y Educaci車n para la Salud. OBJECTIVE: To describe the preparation strategy for the external evaluation of the Master∩s courses in the National School of Public Health. METHODS: The normative documents of the postgraduate programs to take out the vision of excellence were reviewed and the focal group technique was used to generate ideas from the various coordinators of the master's courses. RESULTS:The preparation strategy for the external evaluation was structured in three phases, that is, planning, implementation and evaluation. Each phase identified key moments and specific actions that were integrated through a control process acting as a supporting point of the strategy as such. CONCLUSIONS: The necessary sources of information were listed. The actions taken by the academic committees were of scientific, methodological and administrative nature. The strategy was institutional and contributed to attain the excellence in master's courses in primary health care, health economics and health promotion and education. %K Calidad del posgrado %K estrategia preparatoria %K evaluaci車n de calidad %K evaluaci車n externa %K maestr赤as %K Postgraduate education quality %K preparatory strategy %K quality assessment %K external evaluation %K master's courses %U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0864-21412011000200008