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The VIII International Congress on Higher Education 2012 University opened in Havana will address issues of great national importance, such as the importance of the University to achieve sustainable development in Cuba public health.

Niviola Dr. Cabrera, director of the Department of Science and Technology of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) announced ACN that on a panel scheduled for tomorrow will be the presentation of postgraduate medical education and also be involved and professors from other universities in the country .

This biennial event, which will host until Friday to delegates from over 60 nations, will develop a symposium on medical education, its challenges and prospects, attended by more than one hundred delegates from 25 nations and 55 speakers from all Universities of Medical Sciences of the island, Cabrera noted.

According to the official, rectors, deans, professors and renowned academics from around the world such as Brazil, Mexico, Spain, Canada and the United States interested in participating in the training experiences of health professionals, will attend the forum.

The scientific program of the meeting, which will be held at the Palace of Conventions in Havana includes a lecture to be delivered by Dr. Roberto Gonzalez, vice minister of teaching, on Cuba's experience in training health professionals and prospects in this field.

Also, the IV Symposium: Medical education: challenges and prospects in the XXI century ", will be about research in the preparation of human resources, value creation in the teaching of Medical Sciences and new technologies, overcoming Nursing students and other specialists.

It also covers new strategies and learning resources, educational experiences in international collaboration, the role of the Medical University in the scientific development of the sector and the political and ideological work as a fundamental premise for vocational training, Niviola said Cabrera.


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