The evolution of medical science in the last decades has shown that beginning optimal treatment early reduces complications and risk of death. Current popular phrases have been coined to promote this principle. “Time is myocardial”, “Time is cerebral”, “The golden hour”, “Resuscitation guided by goals”, “Resuscitation as damage control”, etc.
For this reason, emergency medical services have taken on a definite role in the process of early recognizing, diagnosing and treatment of serious diseases and the need to train doctors in Emergency Medicine to manage acutely ill patients is exposed, improving the prognosis and the patient’s future, affecting the reduction of mortality through effective early intervention.
Currently, with medium and highly complex emergency services, it is necessary to rely on a human source that is specialized in handling emergencies and serious diseases, with optimal training, great skill, and a high academic level. There is currently a very high demand for this specialty.
Our program offers a solid agreement between a renowned modern university and one of the most technologically developed, highest academically reaching, and inexhaustibly scientifically ambitious health institution.
Especialista en Medicina de Emergencias
3 years
$ 13.530.000 COP
Dr. Darío Hernando Cobo Medina
Dra. Virginia Zarama Córdoba
Objective
To train highly qualified emergency medicine doctors with the highest human, ethical, and scientific qualities. Pursuant to the pedagogical model at University Icesi, and with the Fundación Valle del Lili Foundation, the emergency medicine 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.
Methodology
The Emergency Medicine Specialization is exclusive focus and full time, and requires the development of a schedule with theoretical-practical activities, with permanent supervision by teachers.
The theoretical study is based on seminars, topic reviews, clinical case reviews, service reviews (professor-assisted), journals club, mortality and morbidity meetings, among others.
The practical part is completed basically alongside professors, in the urgent care area, hospital rooms, and in the Intensive Care Unit. At the same time, skills are acquired in practice for procedures appropriate to the specialization.
Duration
The program has a duration of 3 years with exclusive focus and full time, with an average of 8-10 daily hour activities, with rotations of approximately 2 to 3 months in length. All activities are related to the practical component associated with each of the rotation locations.
Degree granted
University Icesi confers the degree of Specialist in Emergency Medicine to whoever satisfactorily complete all the program requirements.