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-UMAG will organize the national meeting, which will take place on January 15 and 16.

– The session, which brings together the universities that are members of ASOFAMECH, will also feature presentations and discussions on management issues and the main problems in the training of doctors in the country.

In the premises of the Rectorate of the University of Magallanes (UMAG), this coming Monday, January 15, and Tuesday, January 16, 2024, there will be a meeting of 21 deans and directors of medical faculties and schools of the country He brings. together, from Arica to Magallanes, Association of Faculties of Medicine of Chile, ASOFAMECH.

The central topic of dialogue at the session will be the topic mental health in university education;

as well as experience and main problems Medicine courses in extreme areas. This was announced by the director of the UMAG Medical School Dr. Mario Mayanz Chato, who will spend this double day of work on medical education in Chile.

According to the academician, it is very important that the region and in particular UMAG host a meeting of this magnitude, since it is a sign of support for the medical educational project in Magallanes, as well as for the same university school created in Magallanes. 2014, southernmost region of Chile. In addition, he emphasized that this is an opportunity to reflect and share views on other topics of interest in the field, such as medical education research and teaching innovation in medicine.

Program

On Monday the 15th, the day will begin at 9:00 with presentations. “Towards a broad conceptualization of mental health and its problems in the training of medical professionals” responsible for Dr. Mario Valdivia Peralta from the University of Concepcion (UdeC); And “Mental health and positive development of Chilean students” under the direction of Dr. Ana Barrera Herrera from the Catholic University of Temuco and Imhay Millennium Nucleus researcher.

The morning program continues the theme “Establishment of medical schools in Arica and Magallanes. Problems and solutions in its creation and development” through exhibitions Dr. Andrea LarrazabalDean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tarapacá and Director of the UMAG Medical School, Dr. Mario Mayants.

Meanwhile, the results of research project competitions run by ASOFAMECH are expected to be announced this afternoon, as well as other presentations on the medical education experience at universities. The next day and finale will be the ASOFAMECH Council of Deans where the various annual reports of each of its executive divisions will be announced.