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Medical Schools that contribute
to world health
HAVANA.— The
role of universities in the health of their
populations will be the main topic at the Second
International Conference on Medical Education for
the 21st Century to be held September 30 through
October 3, in Havana.
Dr. Ileana
Morales, Director of Science and Technology at the
Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) and president of
the organizing committee of the event yesterday told
the press that the conference due to take place at
the Havana Convention Center will see the
participation of 400 delegates and guests, 200 of
whom are Cubans.
Renowned
professors and personalities in the fields of
medical education and public health from the United
States, England, Angola, Mexico, Venezuela, El
Salvador, Belgium and other countries across Latin
America and Eastern Europe, will participate in the
second edition of the conference, Morales informed.
Among them is
Dr. María Isabel Rodríguez, who served as health
minister in El Salvador and is due to receive the
title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of
Medical Sciences of Havana during the event.
Discussion will
centre on how graduates from centers of advanced
medical studies can directly contribute to solving
the most important health issues affecting the world
today.
As part of the
activities, a symposium on healthcare ethics will be
held, led by Dr. Ricardo González, president of the
MINSAP Ethics Commission and guest professors from
the United States.
Another
symposium addressing pharmacology education will be
led by prominent Cuban educators in this specialty.
The assembly of
the Latin American Association of Medical Schools
and Faculties will also take place, with the
participation of rectors and medical faculty deans
from across the continent, who will elect the new
presidency of this important association.
There will also
be a technical meeting on the evaluative frameworks
used to assess university quality, attended by the
National Accreditation Committee of the Cuban
Ministry of Higher Education and the Union of Latin
American Universities.
The forum will
see the presentation of three books by collectives
of Cuban authors on comprehensive general
stomatology, obstetrics and perinatology: diagnosis
and treatment and applied anatomy for dentistry.
Cuba has 14
medical colleges and universities in Artemisa,
Mayabeque, Isla de la Juventud and the Latin
American School of Medicine, and more than 37,000
teachers in the sciences, Morales added.
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