Dr. Marta Ferrer, dean of the School of Medicine, receives the SEAIC National " award " Award for Professional Achievement in recognition of her work professor

The Spanish Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (SEAIC) has honored Dr. Marta Ferrer, dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Navarra, with the National “ award ” Award for Professional Achievement in recognition of her work professor. The submission of the award took place during the closing ceremony of the International Symposium held in Gran Canaria.

“This ‘ award ’ award is intended to recognize not only our specialization program ’s longstanding dedication to the teaching , but also her excellence, capacity for innovation, and contribution to the advancement of Education , which, naturally, has also financial aid the SEAIC to make progress in this field,” said Dr. José María Olaguibel, chair of the jury.

The jury has recognized Dr. Ferrer as one of the leading women driving the modernization of medical Education , through the development at the University of programs in training and training pedagogical aspects of faculty. The award also acknowledges her international influence, through her participation in European projects aimed at harmonizing medical programs of study and her partnership with institutions of reference letter in medical Education such as Harvard University and other international entities like the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Added to all this is an aspect that the jury considered “particularly relevant”: her commitment to research in Education medicine. Dr. Ferrer has led several thesis in this field and has ongoing projects focused on area and educational research , in parallel with her career in patient care, research, and management. “Marta Ferrer has shown us that teaching is not just about imparting knowledge, but also about innovating, inspiring, and continuously improving the training of future generations of doctors,” concluded Dr. Olaguibel.

“We need to train doctors who are eager to serve others”

“I think it’s quite ironic that this little girl, who drove her parents to despair—to the point that they even wrote books on Education inspired by their daughter’s challenges—is now receiving a award from teaching,” Marta Ferrer confessed upon receiving it. “But I can say that this is precisely what has driven me and motivated me to dedicate myself to Education, to make it appealing, to add value to it, and to embark on a path of innovation to build a teaching centered on the learner.”

The dean wanted to share this recognition with those who have accompanied her throughout her more than 25-year career professor: “This award is not an achievement staff. Those who have guided me to this point are the ones who deserve it: my teachers and every single person in the Allergy department at the Clínica Universidad de Navarra, some of whom are here today, thanks to whom I have been able to teach, innovate, change, and improve. These achievements are not possible without a team, without support, without the colleagues I have been fortunate to have. Thanks also to those who pioneered the formal teaching of allergology in Spain.”

Ferrer also offered a brief reflection on what the “ training ” of future doctors should look like, in parallel with the technological “ development ” of medicine: “Recently, during an interview, I was asked to describe what I think the ‘ Education ’ of doctors should be like. I said that medical care will undergo a profound transformation with digital devices and diagnostic tools that will enable the practice of personalized preventive medicine. That’s why we need people who are friendly, have integrity, know how to work as part of a team, are good communicators, and are eager to help others. I believe this definition perfectly captures the essence of the “ specialization program ” in allergology. The “ knowledge ” will be within everyone’s reach—all it will take is knowing how to find it—but those qualities will be essential, and we cannot improvise them. May this “ award ” be an opportunity for all of us to take a brief journey back in time, where, alongside the patient, we rediscover what first inspired us to choose the “ specialization program ” in allergology.”