The María Cano University Foundation is committed to quality and continuous improvement, in the search to achieve the recognition of the National Accreditation Council for the Physiotherapy program, the headquarters located in the capital of Cauca and for this reason receives the collaborative pair , María Mercedes del Carmen Naranjo Aristizabal, who will analyze the self-evaluation process carried out for accreditation purposes, as one of the main institutional goals, embodied in the Development Plan 2017 – 2026 «Building the Future» which has the strategic lines: Academic Quality , Relationship with the Environment and Administrative Management.

The pair, who will accompany the national directives and headquarters in southwestern Colombia, on November 22 and 23, is a Physiotherapist from the Autonomous University of Manizales, with a Specialization in Neurorehabilitation and a Master’s Degree in Neurorehabilitation. In addition, she has a degree in Preschool Education; She is a professor and university researcher and has received important national awards, such as the UAM Institutional recognition, for the performance in Counseling in 2015, second place in the award for best research project with innovation and contribution to the geriatric area, Colombian association of gerontology and geriatrics in 2014, the honorable mention to the research work of the Association for the development of coordination disorder with Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in the Colombian population and the Colombian Association of Child Neurology; has an outstanding research career and in the production of products for physiotherapy work in the country.

During the different meetings that will be held with the Institution’s work team, where the work of the staff in the city of Popayán stands out, led by the headquarters coordinator, Angélica María Zuluaga Calle, the teachers, the students, the graduates and the leaders of the different academic and administrative areas that support the actions of the program; Institutional results will be analyzed in the self-evaluation process, improvement plans, maintenance plans, commitment to social projection, practices at the service of the community in all aspects that physiotherapy encompasses, whose essential object of study is the understanding and management of human body movement through the different stages of life.

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