These writing conceive formation in formativeresearch as a complex process that demandssimultaneous and congruent actions in theobjective, subjective and intersubjective fields,adjusted to a careful and progressive planificationin order to form teachers, students andmanagement staff as university actors of researchRecibido: Abril 4 de 2006Aceptado: Abril 17 de 2006* Psicólogo, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Profesorde planta de la Facultad de Rehabilitación de laUniversidad del Rosario. Correo electrónico: glara@urosario.edu.coArtículo de revisiónprocesses. Integral formation in formative researchinto health area demands a comprehensiveand broad perspective encompassing science,moral and art, or objective truth, subjective veracityand intersubjective equity. All means mustmeet towards a strong and developmental formativeresearch culture capable of nourishingsubjects engaged in systematic self-questioning,interaction and argumentated debate at the interiorof communities of pairs. In the same way,they must have rigorous methodological formationin order to approach the study objects.