The country as well as the world in general is experiencing an increase in rates of patients with head and neck cancer. This situation requires more and more doctors who are specialists in the focus and handling of this discipline, despite life expectancies of the general population having increased, we should provide better survival rates and quality of life to these patients.
Especialista en Cirugía de Cabeza y Cuello
2 years
$ 13.530.000 COP
Dr. Darío Hernando Cobo Medina
Dr. Luis Fernando Tintinago Londoño
Duration
This is a 2-year duration program, exclusive focus, and full time. Rotations will be completed as multidisciplinary and in a dynamic way though adjusted to a curricular schedule.
Degree granted
University Icesi confers the degree of Specialist in Head and Neck Surgery to whoever meets satisfactorily all the program requirements.
The methodology used to develop skills in doctors of this specialization is founded according to the educational project proposed by Universidad Icesi and the Fundación Valle del Lili foundation, based on active learning with several strategies:
Everything under the education-service Universidad Icesi - Fundación Valle del Lili foundation university hospital agreement, which states that doctors at the foundation include the learning of students in the specialty by directly interacting with patients and hospital cases.
To train highly qualified specialists in head and neck surgery with the highest human, ethical, and scientific qualities. Pursuant to the pedagogical model at Universidad Icesi, and with the Fundación Valle del Lili foundation, the Specialization in Head and Neck Surgery program aims to train independent specialists, capable of learning on their own, of analyzing and synthesizing, with critical thinking and that are also able to formulate and develop research projects.