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ABSTRACT

Introduction: The number of philosophy doctors is a determinant for the processes accrediting the quality of university majors. The Dental School of the University of Medical Sciences of Havana has been accredited in two opportunities with the condition of major of excellence. However, the number of philosophy doctors is insufficient in relation to quality standards.
Objective: To describe the current situation of doctoral training in the Dental School of Havana.
Method: A diagnostic study was carried out using theoretical and empirical methods. Administrative documents on the subject and evaluation reports for the major accreditation were reviewed. Brainstorming was carried out with the board of directors and some invited philosophy doctors. An innovated SWOT matrix was created for the situational analysis of doctoral training at the School.
Results: 7.5 % of the faculty are philosophy doctors, with an average age of 69.4 years. Since 2012, this has shown a progressive decrease. The weaknesses most affecting the training of philosophy doctors are the lack of a strategy of early recruitment for aspirants (11.7 %), inadequacies of the current strategy (11.2 %), followed by inadequate stimulation for physicians (11, 2 %) and the quality of the processes and control of the activity (10.7 %).
Conclusions: The training of philosophy doctors in the Dental School was identifies as not advancing in correspondence with the potentials or the requirements of the quality certification processes.