
Mantener las competencias profesionales. Tarea de Todos
Esta heterogeneidad y dispersión, incluso geográfica, hace
necesario una unificación de conceptos y procedimientos para
que las actividades de EMC o DPMC sean armónicas y
comparables, y evaluables con criterios similares. En tal sentido,
se ha venido trabajando a nivel de la Escuela de Graduados de
la Facultad de Medicina desde hace unos 10 años para
establecer normas, pautas y criterios unificados para que
aquellas Instituciones que quieran participar en el proceso de
DPMC lo hagan de una manera integrada generando una red
multidisciplinaria que abarque todo el territorio de la República,
que fueran difundidas a partir de fines del 2001.
mong the objectives of the Armed Forces National Health
Direction (A.F.N.H.D) it is found the improvement of the quality of
life of all the members of the Armed Forces and their families,
through their health care, in the prevention area as well as in the
recovery and rehabilitation levels, it has acknowledged that the
education of its health care professionals is the most adequate
tool in order to achieve the highest technical qualification of the
services it renders. To this effect, during the last 10 years it has
been moving forward along a path of academic recovery, where
some of its landmarks are the participation in the circuit of Medical
Residences, the acknowledgement of some of the services of the
Armed Forces Central Hospital (A.F.C.H.) as Clinics associated to
the School of Medicine and their authorization to receive Post-
Graduate students in various disciplines, the participation of
physicians from the A.F.C.H. in Clinical Meetings in several
education services of the School of Medicine and visits from their
Professors in regular activities of different services of the A.F.C.H.
As a part of this integration process, and as a demonstration of
its clear purpose of participation within the network of Institutions
for C.M.P.D., it was created a Continuous Education Committee in
2002, whose first objective was to achieve the acknowledgement
of the A.F.N.H.D. as an institution which organizes C.M.E., which
was confirmed in September 2004.
This Committee works within the frame of the Technical Direction
of the A.F.N.H.D., and it is formed by professionals from all the
disciplines related to the individual’s health care, that is to say,
physicians, dentists, chemists and university nurses.
On a parallel level, inside the Investigation and Instruction
Department, the Service of Continuous Professional Education
was formed, whose main objective is to create an education area
inside the A.F.N.H.D. where health care professionals can
develop and improve their competence and professional abilities.
Together with the Committee, it shares the objectives of
acknowledgement, by performing activities in order to attain their
continuity through the activities’ acknowledgement.
In addition, this Service is in charge of coordination and disclosure
of all scientific and instruction activities taking place in the
A.F.N.H.D. environment, so that all the interested individuals
might be able to participate and take advantage of the effort of
those who organize this kind of instance, they can also offer their
support and counseling so that these activities can be adapted to
guidelines set by the Graduate School and they can be validated
or acknowledged as C.M.E.
Therefore, structures have been established in order to offer the
necessary means and make it possible for all those health care
professionals from the A.F.N.H.D. to have access to education
instances, to maintain and improve their competence and abilities.
All it is needed now, is the participation of everyone, so that this
long process might be continuous and successful.
The invitation is here. We are expecting you.
Cpt.(M.D.) Ciro Alonso Jaumandreu
Chief of the Continuous Professional Education Service
La Dirección Nacional de Sanidad de las Fuerzas Armadas
(D.N.S.FF.AA.), dentro de cuyos cometidos está el mejoramiento
de la calidad de vida de todos los integrantes de las Fuerzas
Armadas y su familia a través del cuidado de su salud, tanto en
la faz preventiva como en la de recuperación y de rehabilitación,
ha entendido que la educación de sus profesionales de la salud
es el arma más indicada para lograr la más alta calificación
técnica de los servicios que brinda. En ese sentido, ha venido
recorriendo en los últimos 10 años un camino de recuperación
académica, siendo algunos de sus mojones la participación en el
circuito de Residencias Médicas, el reconocimiento de algunos
de los servicios del Hospital Central de las Fuerzas Armadas
(H.C.FF.AA.) como Clínicas asociadas a la Facultad de Medicina
y su habilitación para recibir alumnos de Post-Grado en varias
disciplinas, la participación de médicos del H.C.FF.AA. en
Ateneos Clínicos de varios servicios docentes de la Facultad de
Medicina y visitas de varios de sus Profesores a actividades
regulares de los distintos servicios del H.C.FF.AA.
Como parte de este proceso de integración, y demostrando su
claro propósito de participar en la red de Instituciones para el
DPMC, se creó en el 2002 el Comité de Educación Médica
Continua, cuyo primer objetivo, fue lograr la acreditación de la
D.N.S.FF.AA. como institución organizadora de actividades de
EMC, lo cual quedó plasmado en setiembre de 2004.
Este Comité funciona en la órbita de la Dirección Técnica de la
D.N.S.FF.AA. y está integrado por profesionales de todas las
disciplinas relacionadas con el cuidado de la salud del individuo,
es decir, médicos, odontólogos, químicos y enfermería
universitaria.
President of the Medical Education Committee
En forma paralela, se formó, dentro del Departamento de Investigación y Docencia, el Servicio de Educación
Profesional Continua, cuyo objetivo principal es el de crear un espacio educativo dentro de la D.N.S.FF.AA. donde
los profesionales de la salud puedan desarrollarse y mejorar sus competencias y aptitudes profesionales, y comparte
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