History of Medicine Chair

BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA
NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE MEDICINE TRAINING PROGRAM

COMMUNITY
CHAIR OF HISTORY OF MEDICINE OF VENEZUELA
BACKGROUND:
The history of medicine is the branch of history dedicated to the study of medical
knowledge and practices over time. The different stages of the development of medicine
and their personalities worldwide have been collected in different ways.
The medical community in Venezuela, since the beginning of the 19th century, was
concerned with forming a historical memory of the discipline in the territory. At the end of
this same century, a History of Medicine course was included in the Faculty of Medicine
of the Central University of Venezuela, located in Caracas. Half a century later, in 1940,
the chairs of history of medicine were created at the Central University of Venezuela, the
University of Los Andes and at the University of Zulia (LUZ.)
The cumulative vision of the evolution of medicine had the intention from its beginnings
to teach students what their heritage is and who have been the builders of it. It is a
tradition based on the achievements of different doctors, whether in the updated training
of new doctors, the practice of medicine, the introduction of international and national
medical innovations and advances, the commitment to public health and research into
diseases specific to the country.
Countless research derived from the work of these chairs since their inception and,
although irregularly, to date have been captured in black and white as a historical legacy
and reference for new generations.
RATIONALE:
The triumph of the Bolivarian Revolution found a Venezuela with great inequalities in the
health conditions of the population as well as great deterioration of these, derived from
great social inequalities. Its socialist project includes the development of a health system
that aims to ensure primary health care coverage for the entire population. It stumbles
upon the insufficient number of professionals willing to carry out this noble task, the
majority with training more directed towards healing and not towards the prevention of
diseases, forgetting the direct work with the patient in the poorest communities. . This
approach coincided with a highly privatized health system aimed at the individual needs
of a group of patients.
The National Program of Comprehensive Community Medicine then emerges, which
constitutes the design, development and implementation of the most ambitious increase
in the training of doctors for the public service in a single country. This process is based
on a significant paradigmatic change and has been possible due to the political will of the
Venezuelan and Cuban governments.
University extension as an integrative vision of the new university model favors the
comprehensive extracurricular training of health professionals. Within the framework of
the implementation of necessary changes in the development of this conception of
teaching, focused on extracurricular activities that contribute to real learning needs, the
Chair of History of Medicine of Venezuela is created, with the purpose of stimulating
extensive research into the life and work of outstanding scientific and intellectual
personalities as well as the promotion of actions that bring together scientists, teachers
and students in such a noble and beneficial activity for human knowledge.
MISSION:
The Chair of History of Medicine in Venezuela is considered an academic,
multidisciplinary and functional structure that will contribute to complementing the work of
comprehensive training of health personnel (undergraduate and postgraduate) from its
different settings and based on study, research and integrative work.
It will promote the development of research on the history of medicine in Venezuela, as
well as the progress achieved after the implementation of the different programs
prioritized by the Ministry of Popular Power for health, with the aim of reducing the
incidence and prevalence of the main diseases. causes of morbidity and mortality in the
country, as well as integration with other social programs promoted by the Bolivarian
Revolution. It will be in charge of disseminating and promoting the achievements of the
new public health system and will highlight the actions carried out in health matters of 2
training program for comprehensive community doctors during these years of revolution.
VISION:
The chair will achieve excellence in promoting the training of human resources for the
study of the history of medicine in Venezuela. It will develop critical thinking in the
university community regarding the advances of medicine in the different stages of its
history, as well as disseminate the results of the studies in the educational and work
communities and the population in general, which will result in a better undergraduate
and postgraduate training.
GENERAL OBJECTIVE:
Contribute to the development of comprehensive training of undergraduate and graduate
students about the life and work of prominent personalities or national events related to
the history of medicine in Venezuela.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
1. Spread knowledge about the history of Medicine in Venezuela, through the active
participation of all staff in the areas of comprehensive community health (ASIC),
students, teachers, workers and local society.
2. Delve into the life and work of prominent scientific and intellectual personalities of
Venezuelan medicine.
3. Contribute to conducting research on the history of Medicine in Venezuela and its
impacts at the state and local level, as well as promoting the dissemination of said
studies.
4. Promote scientific exchange of activities carried out by the chair to stimulate analysis,
reflection and discussion about the themes inherent to the history of Medicine.
5. Promote, in coordination with public institutions, projects aimed at making known the
history of medicine in Venezuela, emphasizing the impact of the missions on
improving the health of the Venezuelan population.
FUNCTIONS:
1. Bring together undergraduate and graduate students, professionals, workers and the
Venezuelan population, who share their interest in the history of medicine in
Venezuela.
2. Develop research with these lines of work.
3. Organize courses, seminars, colloquiums, workshops, exhibitions and other activities
for members of the chair, as well as for other sectors of the population.
4. Promote the inclusion of topics on the history of medicine in Venezuela in the
scientific conferences of the states and ASICs.
5. Compile documents, consultation materials and others emanating from the activities
of the chair, for the use of the members of the chair and the community with the
purpose of increasing knowledge about the facts or personalities related to the
history of national medicine, regional and local.
6. Integrate social missions into the activities of the chair.
STRUCTURE AND OPERATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: STRUCTURE:
The Board of Directors will be made up of:
• President
• Vice president
• Secretary
• Two substitutes
FUNCTIONING:
• The state board of directors will appoint the members of the board of directors of the
chair.
• A ratification process will be carried out every two years.
• It will meet quarterly and evaluate the work carried out at this stage and report to the
National Teaching Directorate.
• It will establish coordination with institutions and other spaces for the development of
the activities of this chair.
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