Population aging: its relevance in the medical sciences curriculum

Authors

  • María Asunción Tosar Pérez University of Medical Sciences of Havana.
  • Marta Eloísa Sánchez González University of Medical Sciences of Havana.
  • Rosa Edilia García Junco University of Medical Sciences of Havana.
  • Dianelys Miranda González University of Medical Sciences of Havana.

Keywords:

demographic aging, geriatrics, government programs, national health programs, health programs and plans, education, medical

Abstract

Theoretical foundations about the relationship between university and society and the pertinence of the insertion of topics that demand their presence in the study plans and research projects of these institutions are analyzed. Population aging is contextualized as one of the social responsibilities of necessary introduction in the study programs of the Medicine career, which makes it possible to ratify the scientific, technological and humanistic character of Cuban higher education by assuming in its core processes the formation of a comprehensive professional, competent, with scientific preparation to accept the challenges of modernity, and with ample humanistic development to live in a society with an aging population. The authors set out to reflect on the relevance of the topic in the career curriculum as an expression of the university-society link.

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Author Biographies

María Asunción Tosar Pérez, University of Medical Sciences of Havana.

Doctor in medicine. Specialist of I Degree in Comprehensive General Medicine and II Degree in Natural and Traditional Medicine. Master in Bioenergetic and Natural Medicine. Assistant Professor. Aggregate Investigator

Marta Eloísa Sánchez González, University of Medical Sciences of Havana.

Doctor in medicine. Specialist of I Degree in Comprehensive General Medicine. Master in Comprehensive Child Care. Assistant Professor.

Rosa Edilia García Junco, University of Medical Sciences of Havana.

Doctor in medicine. Specialist I Degree in Comprehensive General Medicine. Master in Public Health. Assistant Professor.

Dianelys Miranda González, University of Medical Sciences of Havana.

Doctor in medicine. Specialist of I Degree in Comprehensive General Medicine. Master in Comprehensive Child Care. Assistant.

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Published

2018-04-01

How to Cite

1.
Tosar Pérez MA, Sánchez González ME, García Junco RE, Miranda González D. Population aging: its relevance in the medical sciences curriculum. EDUMEC [Internet]. 2018 Apr. 1 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];10(2):160-7. Available from: https://revedumecentro.sld.cu/index.php/edumc/article/view/986

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2018)

Section

ARTÍCULO DE REVISIÓN

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