56 Medicine and Health Sciences Degree Programs in Colombia

An innovative and unique program in the region that trains professionals capable of understanding and analyzing the ethical dilemmas that run through health sciences, biomedical sciences and social management, and of contributing to their resolution in both individual and collective contexts.

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Homeopathy is a Complex Medical System that handles a specific medical rationale different from that of conventional medicine, approaching the health-disease process from the vitalist medical paradigm and whose therapeutic principle is based on the law of similarity using diluted and dynamic medicines to treat the whole of being. The training model of the program has two components, one of training in thematic areas and a research field, it has a duration of 4 semesters and 49 academic credits.

Professional profile The Occupational Health and Safety Specialist will be responsible for leading and managing the activities and processes related to the protection and prevention of occupational accidents. Occupational profile The Occupational Health and Safety Specialist has solid training that allows him to work from his specific area in the Health, Industrial, Agro, Mining, Oil, Education, Occupational Risk sectors as Director or coordinator of Safety Management Systems and Occupational Health in companies, Consultant or advisor to companies and institutions that provide Occupational Health and Safety services, Director of the promotion and prevention programs of occupational risk administrators, Coordinator of research projects on occupational hazards and Director of the insurance areas in the Occupational Risk Administrators.

The university professional program for Safety and Health at Work will train upright professionals, with human quality, proactive, with an innovative approach and leadership capacity that allows creating a culture of self-care, well-being, and safety as fundamental premises in their work environments; always avoiding human, physical and material losses, by creating effective risk management strategies present in any environment to guarantee the health of a certain population. In this way, our graduates will be able to contribute to the productivity and development of the region and the country.

The Master's program in Occupational Safety and Health offers in-depth training in the fields of occupational and industrial hygiene and safety, in order to obtain significant reductions in incidentally in the organizations in which they carry out their work, contributing to the health maintenance and prevention of occupational diseases, as well as effective research on issues related to safety and industrial hygiene.

The graduate of the Specialization in Occupational Health and Safety Management will be able to develop the following functions and activities: Apply and verify compliance with current legislation on Occupational Risks. Contextualize, identify, analyze and evaluate, treat, monitor, and communicate the occupational health and safety risks present in work environments and determine their impact on the sustainability of the company. Advise the Disability Qualification Boards of the Occupational Risk Administrators on matters within its competence. Work in multidisciplinary teams on Safety and Health at Work Be part of working groups that design and develop scientific research projects on Safety and Health at Work. Plan, implement and evaluate: Major accident prevention programs; and actions for continuous improvement in management systems.

The Virtual Undergraduate in Occupational Health and Safety Administration (SNIES 109058) aims to train professionals who are capable of identifying, assessing and improving the working conditions and health of workers in order to prevent accidents and occupational diseases aiming for well-being and quality of life at work.

The Specialization in Occupational Health and Safety Management (SNIES 109294) aims to train specialists who are capable of integrating occupational health and safety management into business management, generating the necessary conditions that favor a safe work environment and healthy for workers, as well as well-being and quality of life at work.

The Comprehensive Social Security System and the new health models under development impose a great need for concrete data and information to promote and develop the most convenient health plans. Epidemiology is the right answer.

The competitiveness of the Caribbean Region is the result of the performance of the organizational leaders that are formed by the Universities of the region. In that order of ideas, the CUC is called to fill an academic space fundamental for the success of the Caribbean Coast that is endorsed by the fact of having undergraduate and postgraduate degrees with a long history in the administrative field, a clear recognition for the environment and market penetration through its graduates, make the creation of a Master in Health Services Management deepening modality an institutional priority. On the other hand, the Master in Health Services Management deepening modality of the Universidad de la Costa Corporation is in a postgraduate degree of high preponderance for the development of health systems, in the context of the reforms that are underway in the countries from Latin America.

The Virtual Undergraduate in Health Administration (SNIES 109498) aims to train professionals who are capable of leading the transformation of organizations, and face the new challenges of the Colombian Health System and the General System of Social Security in Health.

The mission of the Master in Health Education program is to contribute to the training of researchers of the highest level in the fields of education, pedagogy and didactics, with special emphasis on human health.

Acquire the tools to provide managerial, ethical and financial sustainability criteria to the management of health services entities. We are the only master's degree in the country with a focus on health sector management, use and operationalization of risk management in organizations.

Qualified Registration Resolution: 13089 of August 13, 2014 Title Obtained: Specialist in Health Services Management. Modality: Face-to-face. Duration: 1 year. Hours: Friday from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM and Saturdays from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm every 15 days.