The 9th congress took place at the Universidad de Concepción, Chile, from January 9 to 11, with high participation of academics of the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad de La Frontera (UFRO).

Also other works of the UFRO have been presented in the congress, such as the oral presentations “Self-directed learning for freshmen, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de La Frontera” by the authors: Nancy Navarro, Mónica Illesca, Resi Gittermann, Carolina Rascón, Mirtha Cabezas, Rossana Rojo, Luis González and Romina Garrido (external Diufro project die18-0007); “Significance for interns of the Faculty of Medicine of the interdisciplinary program in a rural commune” by the authors Carolina Moreno, Rossana Rojo and Nancy Navarro; “Design and validation of an instrument for the evaluation of clinical teaching in health programs” by the authors Nancy Navarro, Mónica Illesca, Cristian Cerda, Rossana Rojo, Resi Gittermann and Luis González; and “Clinical simulation: opinions of the students at the Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Temuco” by the authors Mónica Illesca, Roxana Novoa, Mirtha Cabezas and Luis González.

In the category poster presentation, the UFRO was represented by the work “Clinical Simulation Center project for postgraduate students of the Universidad de La Frontera” by Susana Cisterna and Mónica Illesca; and the academics Mónica Illesca and Nancy Navarro were in charge of the workshop “Design of a student-centered test instrument”.

Written by: Fabián Aguirre
Faculty of Medicine