Introduction:

Medicine professors are required in complex activities. The curricular reforms proposed by the National Curricular Guidelines for medical courses brought changes in teaching activities, with the introduction of innovations in the training of physicians. As a result, teaching roles have been subject to redefinitions.

Objectives:

This study was carried out with the objective of understanding how medicine professors from a federal public higher education institution view their roles as professors, based on the theoretical reference of the eight roles of the professor of medicine proposed by Harden and Lilley in 2018.

Method:

This is a study with a qualitative approach, with semi-structured interviews conducted with two groups of medicine professors, separated by the time of teaching experience: Group 1, composed of professors with more than 10 years of teaching experience; and Group 2, composed of professors with less than 10 years of teaching career. The interviews were subjected to thematic content analysis.

Results:

Medicine professors from both groups identified the roles proposed by Harden and Lilley in their work and went further, describing additional roles they play in their teaching practice. Those in Group 1 attribute the role of manager/administrator to teachers and those in Group 2 consider that teachers must have emotional availability to deal with the affective needs of students.

Conclusion:

These perceptions can provide training institutions with the necessary knowledge to mobilize institutional investments for teacher development and ensure that teachers reach their full potential.

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