The adaptation process to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) implies not only curricular changes but also changes in students and teachers roles. At present, staff and faculty are working on the design and the implementation of new curricula; however, they are not working on the new teacher's roles that the adaptation to the EHEA will require.

For this reason, we have investigated the teacher's roles and which will be more relevant in the future and which ones will be less important in the new scenario. We have asked to 120 physiology teachers to answer a questionnaire based on the model defined on AMEE guide n° 20 "The good teacher is more than a lectures: The twelve roles of the teacher" (2000).

The teachers consider that the more important role in the new scenario is the teacher as learning facilitator and the teachers think that it is necessary to develop higher skills and focus their interest in this aspect. Other roles considered as relevant by teachers are the teacher as researcher model and the teacher as study guide producer. Finally the roles of the teacher as lecturer and as student assessor are considered roles whose weight will decrease in the future.