La Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Navarra, primera en España en impartir la asignatura de Cuidados paliativos como materia obligatoria
The School of Medicine of the University of Navarra, first in Spain to offer the subject of Palliative Care as a compulsory subject
Dr. Carlos Centeno has presented the first guide on Spanish on this field of medicine.
The School of Medicine of the University of Navarra has been the first Spanish center to implement the subject of Palliati ve Care as a mandatory subject . This was emphasized by Professor Carlos Centeno, director of the Palliative Medicine and Symptom Control Unit of the University of Navarra, on the occasion of the of the first in on palliative care. Clínica Universidad de Navarraon the occasion of the presentation of the first guide in Spanish on this area of Medicine.
core topic The book, written together with specialists Marcos Gómez Sancho, María Nabal Vicuña and Antonio Pascual López, was introduced by the dean of the School, María Pilar Civeira, who underlined its contribution to the training of future doctors: "Its practicality and the reputed experience of its authors enrich a fundamental work for medical students to acquire the necessary skills in a field like this one, where many healthcare specialties are combined".
Dr. Bruno Gagnon, from McGill University Health Center (Canada), also participated in the presentation , who gave a talk at lecture on "Self-care for professionals who care for advanced patients and those at the end of life". Regarding the new book, the expert insisted on the need to have a guide prepared at Spanish, "which did not exist until now and which also includes the Hispanic-Mediterranean culture, not only Anglo-Saxon".
Only one in four Schools
Dr. Carlos Centeno stated that "despite the fact that in Europe and Spain more and more palliative care resources are being developed, only one in four Spanish medical schools Schools teaches this subject subject. On the other hand, nursing schools have been able to meet this need earlier and today training is taught in half of these centers".
On the other hand, the author of guide of Palliative Medicine emphasized that "this discipline is facing the challenge of its consolidation. Today, a modern hospital cannot be understood without a palliative care program, with interdisciplinary and complete teams that respond to the demands of the advanced and terminal patients who require care there," says Dr. Centeno.
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