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.

Graduate Program Enrollment Requirements:

Before accessing the enrollment platform, you must have the following documents ready:

• Undergraduate Degree Certificate.

• Identification document (enlarged to 150%).

If you experience difficulties uploading the documents, you can send the information to the Admissions Office via email at: documentosadmisiones@fumc.edu.co.

Complete the online enrollment and generate the payment receipt through PSE for $213,022 COP.

Fundación Universitaria María Cano reserves the right to admission and to assign class schedules to applicants.

Discounts:

• Graduates of undergraduate and graduate programs from Fundación Universitaria María Cano are entitled to a 30% discount on tuition fees.

• Early payment: 15% discount on tuition fees if paid within the period specified as early payment, as indicated in each billing statement.

• Discounts are not cumulative.