The Director of the Psychology program, Andrés Felipe Londoño Vélez, participated with a presentation in the II Congress on Digital Mental Health organized by CIBERSALUD and the Luis Amigó Catholic University at the table of «Digital training of the professional in mental health», together with very academic prominent figures from our country and other Latin American countries, such as Dr. Rodrigo Mazo Zea, Dr. Jonny Javier Orejuela Gómez, Dr. Emilio José Lafferranderie Zapparigli, Dr. Luis Hernán Saldarriaga Restrepo, Dr. Juan David Giraldo Rojas, Dr. Alejandro Castro Solano, Dr. Karen Pérez and Dr. Andrea Liliana Ortiz González; the table was moderated by Dr. Isabel Cristina Puerta Lopera.

The presentation by Director Andrés Felipe focused on the following topics:

«The actions of the psychologist and the training in these actions have undergone few changes in recent years, especially considering that the psychological discipline is developed alongside others that, in recent years, have drastically changed the way in which the one who understand the phenomena of nature. The forays of psychology into these new world views have been timid, but many of them are very forceful: telepsychology, virtual reality, computational simulation, artificial intelligence, neurosciences, big data, have managed to impact the way in which the psychologist interacts with users, organizations and communities, therefore, is it possible to significantly modify our study plans and make psychology part of the 4.0 revolution? »

In this way, it is once evident the role that the Psychology program of the María Cano University Foundation has achieved in the national academic environment, due to the quality of its professionals, the relevance of the training proposal, the commitment to the social training, the impeccable selection of teachers and the continuous processes of self-evaluation and continuous improvement.

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