Universidad de Ciencias Medicas

Infobox_University|name= Universidad de Ciencias Medicas (UCIMED)


image_size = 100px
motto= Excelencia Academica por Tradicion
established= 1976
type=Private Medical School
president=Misael Chinchilla
Dean of Medicine=Claudio Cordero
city=San Jose
country=Costa Rica|
undergrad=1200
campus=Urban
website=http://www.ucimed.com
footnotes= | Universidad de Ciencias Medicas (UCIMED) is a medical school located at San Jose, Costa Rica. The school is known for teaching medicine and is recognized in the field nationally [http://www.universidadescr.com/universidadcr_ucimed.html UCIMED, Universidades en Costa Rica [Lista de Universidades Privadas en Costa Rica, Becas, Carreras, Universidad de Costa Rica ] ] . UCIMED was originally founded in 1976 by surgeon and investigator Dr. Andres Vesalio Guzman Calleja with the name of UACA (Universidad Autonoma Centro Americana. However, in 1999 the medical school of UACA decided to become independent and thus changed its name to UCIMED. Three years after its name change in March 2003 the National System of Acreditation for Superior Educacion (SINAES) accredited the university for its teaching in medicine. http://www.sinaes.ac.cr/carreras_acreditadas/acreditadas_por_ano.htm]

In 1998 UCIMED introduced pharmacology as a major. .

Medicine at UCIMED

Medicine at UCIMED is a five year and a half program. The program is semester based and classes are taught in Spanish. During the first five semesters students get a bachelor's degree in Health Science (Bachiller en Ciencias de la Salud). During the fifth semester students start intesive training at local Hospitals such as the San Juan de Dios and Hospital Mexico. After finishing the eleventh semester students obtain a Licenciado en Medicina y Cirugía y el Doctorado Professional en Medicina y Cirugía or the equivalent of the M.D.

In March 2003 the National System of Acreditation for Superior Educacion (SINAES) granted the accreditation of UCIMED medical program. . This turned UCIMED into the second university with an accredited career in medicine, only after the Universidad de Costa Rica.

Admissions

The university require students from Costa Rica to do an aptitude test in order to enter the university. Students whoes grades in the test are not at the standard of the university are granted an interview with the Dean of Medicine to assess their motivation. Costa Rican students must also present their High School diploma and grades.

Agreement with Kaplan Inc.

Recently UCIMED successfully signed an agreement with Kaplan, Inc. to prepare medical students for the USMLE and the Costa Rican state exam.

External links

* http://www.ucimed.com
* http://www.sinaes.ac.cr/sitios_interes/claudiocordero.pdf#search=%22ucimed%22
* http://www.sinaes.ac.cr
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hennepin_County_Medical_Center
* http://www.hcmc.org/

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