University extension and the Medical University in Pinar del Rio

Authors

  • Kety Bernardes Carballo Licenciada en Enfermería. Instructora. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río.
  • Nery Silvia Concepción Pérez Licenciada en Historia y Ciencias Sociales. Asistente. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río.
  • José Ángel Véliz Gutiérrez Especialista de Segundo en Medicina General Integral. Máster en Salud Pública. Dirección Provincial de Salud. Pinar del Río.
  • Daymi Henríquez Trujillo Licenciada en Enfermería. Asistente. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río.
  • Carmen Rosa Hernández Triana Licenciada en Educación. Especialidad Español-Literatura. Instructora. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna". Pinar del Río.

Keywords:

Universities, History.

Abstract

The Medical University in Pinar del Rio under the lead of the department of General Direction of Educational Work, manages the University Extension as a formative, comprehensive and systemic process based on the cultural interaction of the university with the daily task, having permanent and bidirectional communication with the society, where the university and the community are included; which is directed at social transformation and responds to concrete needs in a given moment; having at the same time proper objectives and contents that are carried out through different methods, means, adequate resources and mechanism of planning together with systemic assessment to its improving. It is precisely, the social role of the medical university in Pinar del Rio, one of the most debated themes in contemporaneous university, a topic about the philosophers, educators, politicians and academicians have expressed their view points, which is not made by chance, considering the importance of university-society relationship in order to achieve a harmonic development. The social mission goes beyond the simple formation of professional executives who require a high-level to the society; as well as the teaching process, scientific research and postgraduate education, the diffusion of culture and the extension of these services to the whole people. The university is one of the most important sceneries in the battle of achieving a comprehensive culture. A literature review was carried out to describe the educational and methodological work at the Medical University in Pinar del Rio together with its activities of extension.

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Published

2012-09-03

How to Cite

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Bernardes Carballo K, Concepción Pérez NS, Véliz Gutiérrez J Ángel, Henríquez Trujillo D, Hernández Triana CR. University extension and the Medical University in Pinar del Rio. Rev Ciencias Médicas [Internet]. 2012 Sep. 3 [cited 2025 Aug. 30];16(4):113-25. Available from: https://revcmpinar.sld.cu/index.php/publicaciones/article/view/961

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Vol. 16 No. 4 (2012)

Section

UP TO DATE ARTICLE OF SOCIAL, HUMANITIES AND PEDAGOGICAL SCIENCES

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