The María Cano University Foundation at the Popayán headquarters, headed by the rector Hugo Alberto Valencia and the coordinator of the headquarters, Angélica María Zuluaga, met with the Departmental Secretary of Health of Cauca, Carolina Camargo Restrepo, as well as with managers and representatives of the most important health institutions of the ESE Popayán department, and representatives ESE Centro 1, Hospital Susana López de Valencia – ESE, Hospital Mamá Dominga – Resguardo Guambia, municipality of Silvia Cauca, Clínica La Estancia and Hospital Universitario San José de Popayán. The above, in order to explore training needs in the health sector and particularly the training of nurses based on the conditions and particularities of the region.

Likewise, it seeks to strengthen relationships for the development of said programs within the framework of teaching-service agreements. On the part of the rector, an invitation was made to participate in an articulated way, in the development of the territories, where higher education institutions become important allies of the health sector, recognizing the importance of this type of communication between the academy and the productive sector, understanding the needs and responding to them from comprehensive training that allows society to welcome professionals trained to respond to the changing needs of social contexts thanks to advances in medicine and technology. #MásMaríaCano