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Iatreia
Print version ISSN 0121-0793
Abstract
DIAZ HERNANDEZ, Diana Patricia. A succinct vision of medical teaching throughout history: II. Colombia, a place where different cultures came together with their art of healing. Iatreia [online]. 2011, vol.24, n.2, pp.207-214. ISSN 0121-0793.
In order to understand how medicine has been taught through the years, it is necessary to refer to historians who have approached the evolution of medicine. Taking them as a starting point, it is possible to describe the attitudes of doctors in their role as professors, and the ways in which students acquired knowledge at different moments throughout centuries. This article presents a succinct vision of the evolution of medical teaching in Colombia, starting with the arrival of the Spanish conquerors. Several ways of practicing and teaching medicine, the Spanish and the aboriginals, coexisted. The evolution of medical teaching in Colombian universities is succinctly described, as well as the current curricular proposal at the Faculty of
Keywords : Learning; Education; Medical; Teaching; History of Medicine.