MEDICINE

Program Information

Comprehensive scientific training that considers clinical knowledge and skills to diagnose patients, plan their examination and treatment, solve prevalent pathologies and non-derivable emergencies, and treat the most complex pathologies. The graduates are professionals with solid knowledge of health and disease processes in human beings, taking into account the patient’s social, biological, cultural, and psychological background.

Occupational field

A Physician and Surgeon, graduated from the Universidad de La Frontera, is able to perform in different settings, such as hospitals and ambulatory care facilities, either in health services or private institutions. The training enables the graduate to work with different groups (community, educational, family, etc.), as well as in research centers or universities.

SPEECH & HEARING THERAPY

*At the moment of enrollment, the student has to certify that his/her health status is compatible with the Program.

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A Phonoaudiologist, trained at the Universidad de La Frontera, is a professional with a solid scientific, humanistic, technological, ethical, and moral training. The graduate’s skills allow him/her to evaluate, diagnose, investigate, intervene, and prevent alterations in oral communication of people at any stage of live, considering the context of the family, community, and cultural aspects. He/She is ethically and socially responsible and therefore demonstrates a reflexive attitude of continuous learning, leadership, the capacity of management and research, and being able to generate new knowledge in the field, in order to contribute to the improvement of health and quality of life with his/her actions.

Occupational field

A Phonoaudiologist who graduated from the Universidad de La Frontera is qualified to work in:

• Public and private health: being part of teams in the specialties of otorhinolaryngology, audiology, neurology, pediatrics, dentistry, craniofacial malformations, physical medicine and rehabilitation, psychiatry, etc.;
• Education: preventing, evaluating, and treating communication disorders in preschool and school children; integrating teams in diagnostic centers, language schools, and school integration projects;
• Arts and communications: working with people from the media, singers, and actors who want to improve their voice and speech; putting teams of speech and singing together, in schools, theater academies, radio, and television;
• The academic field: joining teaching and research teams, in order to develop conceptual, therapeutic, and technological lines of innovation.

PHYSIOTHERAPY

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A Physical Therapist who graduated from the Universidad de La Frontera is a professional whose actions are based on the study of human movement and its application in health processes. The functions of the graduate are to examine, treat, and educate people and communities, in order to detect, evaluate, prevent, and correct neuromotor and cardiorespiratory malfunctions. His/Her therapeutic actions include manual, electric, and heat therapies, as well as the use of technologies for therapeutic support and prevention. The graduate is a professional with a social and humanistic training, being reflective of what he/she does, prepared to work in multidisciplinary teams, and with skills to develop the promotion, protection, recovery, and rehabilitation of health.

Occupational field

A Physical Therapist who graduated from the Universidad de La Frontera is qualified to work in:

• Primary care: primary care clinics, family health centers (public and private), private health institutions, community organizations;
• Secondary care: public health centers, community hospitals, private health centers;
• Tertiary care: public hospitals, private clinics, specialized health centers, children’s rehabilitation centers, specialized public institutions;
• The education sector: public and private schools, diagnostic and treatment centers, nursery schools, special schools, universities;
• Sports and recreation: sports clubs, high performance centers, community organizations;
• The work sector: occupational medicine centers, occupational hazard prevention centers.

NURSING

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Nurses are professionals characterized by their performance in the care of individuals, families and the community throughout the life cycle. They are part of a globalized society and able to work in the fields of healthcare, administration, education, and research. They have skills in health promotion, protection, recovery and rehabilitation; in palliative care; or as leaders of a multidisciplinary team; with an ethical, reflexive, creative and humanistic attitude.

Occupational field

A Nurse, graduated from the Universidad de La Frontera, can work in public and private health centers, clinics, hospitals, and in public and private health agencies. The training also allows the graduate to carry out activities such as community work, occupational health, teaching, and research.