The Medical School will open its doors in 2024 as a contribution to the comprehensive health of the South Macro Zone

After three years of work on the academic project, the Medicine Degree at the Catholic University of Temuco (UCT) will open its doors in 2024 for the special benefit of the Southern Chilean community.

This educational project is one of the most important undertaken by UCT, an institution that has existed for 64 years and has about 13 thousand students.

In its 2024 offerings, the campus offers 46 undergraduate courses, bachelor’s degrees in science and humanities, and a general plan in civil engineering (a program leading to civil engineering: geological, environmental, industrial and civil works).

In the specific case of medicine, the focus is on the training of doctors specializing in family, community and intercultural health, that is, tailored to the needs and demands of this part of the region.

It should be noted that to this day, medicine is only taught in the South South (a region with extensive rurality) only in the cities of Temuco, Valdivia, Puerto Montt and Punta Arenas.

“The training of doctors is extremely complex and requires significant investments for the university. We accept this new offer in the field of medicine with a very concrete project,” said Aliro Borquez, rector of the university.

The Academic Authority pointed out that UCT has a training profile marked by its character as a Catholic, humanist and Christian university, which will be present in the close and committed training of the 60 students who will receive from March, because “humanizing health is also “humanizing the training of doctors”.

Work with UC

The medicine project has a direct contribution and advice from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, through the commitment of its academic officers, for which the institutions signed a collaboration agreement last August.

“UCT has shown growth in quality and relevance across its various courses. It is a great university, we have many functions together and we made ourselves available when we learned about this development in medicine. We have a career that will soon celebrate a hundred years of history in addition to a large health network, powerful undergraduate and postgraduate training and many international contacts, so we are very available to work together,” UC Rector, Dr. Ignacio Sánchez.

The nature and joint work was praised by Rector Borquez, who particularly highlighted the work of collaboration with the prestigious Center for Medical Education and Health Sciences of the UC, in the establishment of this educational project and in the technical advice in the design of the creative identity. Seal of Future Professionals.

“We want that, in addition to being good professionals, they are good people, this is a dimension of great concern and it is very clearly defined in the professional profile of this new doctor who will form the Catholic University of Temuco,” highlighted Borquez. .

investments

The new academic proposal is accompanied by a strong investment in the infrastructure developed in the neighborhood of the University of Temuco. This is over 14 million dollars and will allow high quality standards in its implementation. This investment includes the construction of a modern clinical simulation hospital available to all courses of the Faculty of Health Sciences, contributing innovation, technology and disciplinary rigor to their training. The property will have a clinical laboratory, simulation and clinical skills rooms as well as its own study spaces for student development.

Additionally, construction began on a modern classroom building – called the Teaching Pavilion – built adjacent to the San Francisco campus. The work will be constructed entirely of laminated wood, reflecting a commitment to sustainability and innovation, Bourquez said.

“We have decided to move towards becoming an increasingly sustainable and sustainable university. We want to achieve zero emission of our carbon footprint and the teaching pavilion made entirely of wood is an indication. It will be a contribution and a model for Temuco and southern Chile. It is a commitment we are assuming against climate change,” Rector Borquez explained.

TEC-UCT
At the same time, UCT has already opened the TEC-UCT technical institute, which aims to train university technicians with a solid moral base who respect and value the diversity of the environment, and who will be able to make a significant contribution to development. of region and society.
TEC-UCT will teach five technical-university courses: Early Childhood Education and Basic Level 1; electricity and energy efficiency; management and administration of companies; computing; and sustainable agricultural production.
All options are free and have the same benefits as any UCT student, Rector Borquez Ramirez confirmed.