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New Nutrition and Diet program
- 22 junio, 2023

The new in-person Nutrition and Diet program at the María Cano University Foundation, at the Medellín and Popayán headquarters. seeks to train upright and comprehensive professionals, ethical, leaders, autonomous, with critical thinking, social commitment and glocal vision, expressed in the ability to improve food and nutritional problems in the region, the country and the world, based on evidence, the innovation and entrepreneurship; with high standards of technical and human quality.
The Nutrition and Dietetics professional graduated from María Cano will be characterized by being a citizen with an ethical, responsible and reflective attitude towards the consequences and incidents of their professional actions; leader in the implementation of actions that promote the defense of the human right to adequate food and nutrition of individuals and communities, especially the elderly and people with disabilities; with a high capacity for resilience and interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and team work; good command of a second language, technological knowledge and attitude towards innovation and entrepreneurship. They will have skills and competencies to understand nutrition and its relationship with states of health and well-being together with its determinants as dynamic processes that define the nutritional and development status of people or groups of people, enabling them to be and be part of a interdisciplinary team in professional performance scenarios such as health, education, work, community, academic and research; where the use of technology and the processes of inclusion and social transformation transversalize their work.
Reports:
Medellin: Amilbia Palacios Cordoba
Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences
National toll-free line: 018000 41 22 66
Telephone (4) 402 55 00 ext. 128 and 119
amilbia.palacios@fumc.edu.co
interesados@fumc.edu.co
Popayan: Angelica Maria Zuluaga Calle
Popayán Headquarters Coordination
National toll-free line: 018000 41 22 66
Telephone: 300 912 1683 ext. 702
angelica.zuluaga@fumc.edu.co