Introduction:

The educational model for the next generations must enhance the capabilities of each human being individually, but, at the same time, it must allow the confluence of all these individual capabilities as a single force. With the purpose of training medical students with the integration of skills, attitudes and knowledge that will allow them to better perform their profession in the future, the redesign of the Biochemistry career program at the José María Vargas School of Medicine of the University Central Venezuela was presented.

Methods:

The development of the program by competencies of the Biochemistry subject of the José María Vargas School of Medicine was carried out in seven stages: 1) Identify the general and specific competencies, 2) Establish the criteria for the organization of the Study Program , 3) Distribute the Competencies using the T Model, 4) Select the contents required in each Module, 5) Select the Learning strategies, 6) Determine the modalities of evaluation of the competencies and 7) Establish the feedback strategies.

Results:

The subject program was developed with the necessary consistent, coherent and clear information about what the student will learn, the teaching strategies to be used and the way in which it will be evaluated. This program constitutes one of the first steps in the implementation of an educational model in accordance with the guidelines issued by UNESCO.

Conclusions:

The redesign of the program of the Biochemistry subject of the José María Vargas School of Medicine was carried out, organizing the competencies to be developed according to the planning established in Model T.