Professional profile:

Graduates will be trained to contribute to the well-being of population, with a focus on equity and social determination.

Addressed to

The Public Health Specialization proposes the following, as regards to the competences to be developed by the student:

– Analyze the population’s health situation, from monitoring and surveillance in public health.

– Plan, execute, and evaluate public health policies and public health interventions, according to local, national, and international jurisdiction.

– Direct and manage public health programs in various S.G.S.S.S. organizations

– Advise and follow up on access to health services in Health Care Facility (E.P.S. from its Spanish initials) and Health Provider Institute (I.P.S. from its Spanish initials), operational plans for meeting the goals of the dimensions of the ten-year public health plan, and revitalizing the Public Health Management Model and Public Health Plan for Collective Interventions.

– Plan, execute, and direct intersectoral actions for the management and implementation of the primary health care strategy, which includes the analysis of the health situation, the planning process, management, and implementation of the Primary Health Care (PHC) strategy.

– Participate in the formulation and execution of research activities based on a transversal analysis of the social determinants of health that affect the psychosocial well-being of the population and the intersectoral vision of the primary health care strategy

Occupational profile

Analyze the health situation, formulate, implement and evaluate programs and projects related to health, from the coordination in diverse organizations of the S.G.S.S.S., especially from the territorial directions of health, I.P.S. and E.P.S.

– Integrate and direct intersectoral actions to evaluate the health situation, for the implementation of the Primary Health Care strategy and bring together the different actors, as an essential condition for achieving the objectives of sustainable development and addressing the fundamental causes of health defined by the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health.

– Work at the different levels of care, institutions and sectors of the health system to operate the Public Health Management Model and Public Health Plan for Collective Interventions and participate actively in the planning and evaluation of the Primary Health Care strategy.

Admission Requirements Undergraduate Programs

Admission requirements New In-person and Virtual Undergraduate Applicant

To enter any of the undergraduate programs offered by María Cano, the new applicant must complete the following procedure:

1. Fill out the online registration form
2. Make the payment of undergraduate registration fees $213.022
3. At the end of the registration form, upload to the platform the following documents one by one (in PDF format) as indicated at the end:

• Photocopy of the high school degree certificate or diploma, if you have not yet completed grade 11, original study certificate, issued by the school valid for no more than one month.
• Results of the ICFES tests (Saber 11), if you do not have the results you can attach the citation to the test.
• A legible photocopy of the identity document (enlarged).
• A 3×4 size photo, light blue background.
• Documents are not received physically unless required during the admission process.

4. Print the registration payment form at the end of online registration or make payment through PSE.

*The Foundation reserves the right to admit and assign study schedules to students.