This Wednesday will be one of the conferences organized monthly by the Colombian Association of Faculties of Medicine (ASCOFAME) and in which various topics about medicine in Colombia are addressed.
On this occasion, the Chair of Medical Humanism will have as a guest speaker the doctor from Cartagena Álvaro Monterrosa, who belongs to the Cartagena Academy of Medicine and will be speaking about the history of the first 100 years of the School of Medicine of the current University of Cartagena , which has gone through many changes from the day of its foundation to the present. Read here: University of Cartagena begins consultation process and election of rector
During the conference, Dr. Ávaro will be telling some important aspects about the first century of the institution. He will mention information about how it was created, who were the first professors and graduates of the university, what were the first programs.
In addition, he will address in his presentation a period in which this and other higher education institutions in the country were threatened in a movement that had as its objective the centralization of education in Colombia, that is, that there was only one university for all students. Colombians. ASCOFAME YouTube channel
In addition, you will remember some famous characters from the history of medicine in Cartagena.