Regarding the evaluation and accreditation of Higher Education in medical universities

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academic institutions, accreditation of health institutions, universities

Abstract

After reading the article Accreditation and the necessary integration between medical universities and health institutions, by the renowned experts from Nuez-Ramos, Ballbé-Valdés and Loyola-Cabrera. (1) we would like to congratulate the authors for the importance of the topic discussed, make some considerations and highlight some aspects that we consider of great value and have not been addressed with the necessary breadth in our medical science journals.

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Author Biographies

Roberto Álvarez Sintes, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Salvador Allende”. La Habana, Cuba.

Máster en Atención Integral al Niño. Máster en Longevidad Satisfactoria. Especialista de Primer y Segundo Grado en Medicina General Integral. Profesor e Investigador Auxiliar. Metodólogo Nacional de la carrera de Medicina.

Indira Barcos Pina, Escuela Nacional de Salud Pública. La Habana, Cuba.

Máster en Atención Integral al Niño. Especialista de Primer y Segundo Grados en Pediatría. Especialista de Segundo Grado en Medicina General Integral. Profesor Auxiliar. Investigador Auxiliar.

Heidi Soca González, Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina. La Habana, Cuba.

Doctor en Ciencias. Especialista de Primer y Segundo Grados en Fisiología. Profesor Titular.

References

De la Nuez-Ramos E, Ballbé-Valdés A, Loyola-Cabrera O. La acreditación y la necesaria integración entre las universidades médicas y las instituciones de salud. Mediciego [Internet]. 2023 [citado 24 Jul 2023];29(1). Disponible en: https://revmediciego.sld.cu/index.php/mediciego/article/view/3341

Consejo de Evaluación y Acreditación Internacional. Comunicado del CEAI al diario La Prensa Nicaragua [Internet]. 2022 [citado 24 Jul 2023]. Disponible en: https://www.udual.org/principal/ceai-consejo-de-evaluacion-y-acreditacion-internacional/

Álvarez-Sintes R. Plan de estudio de medicina: ¿nueva generación? Rev haban cienc méd [Internet]. 2017 [citado 24 Jul 2023];16(5):680-85. Disponible en: http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1729-519X2017000500001&lng=es

Ministerio de Educación Superior (Cuba). Resolución No. 150/18. Reglamento del Sistema de Evaluación y Acreditación de la Educación Superior. La Habana: MES; 2018. [Internet]. [citado 24 Jul 2023]. Disponible en: http://intranet.umcc.cu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Res.-150-REGLAMENTO-DEL-SEAES.pdf

Ministerio de Salud Pública (Cuba). Balance Anual 2022. La Habana: MINSAP; 2023.

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Published

2024-01-05

How to Cite

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Álvarez Sintes R, Barcos Pina I, Soca González H. Regarding the evaluation and accreditation of Higher Education in medical universities. Mediciego [Internet]. 2024 Jan. 5 [cited 2026 Jan. 10];30:e3814. Available from: https://revmediciego.sld.cu/index.php/mediciego/article/view/3814

Issue

Vol. 30 (2024)

Section

Letter to the editor

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