Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery

The Faculty of Medicine of the International University of the Americas was founded in 1992, being one of the oldest Medical Schools in Costa Rica. The mission of the UIA School of Medicine is to train professionals with a comprehensive approach that responds to the health needs of the region and the country, taking into account psychosocial, anthropological, cultural, ethical and scientific aspects capable of caring for the health and defend life. All this within a framework of freedom, equality, respect and democratic participation in the academic and social fields.

Curriculum

The Study Plan of the Degree in Medicine and Surgery is divided into the following disciplinary areas: Basic, Biomedical, Clinical and Research.

42 subjects.

211 Academic Credits

University Rotating Internship: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics and Community Care.

Degree Length: 5 years

Career objectives

General objective

Train professionals in Medicine and Surgery with adequate theoretical and practical preparation, which allows them to respond to national and international needs, integrating into the health care system for the search for the prediction, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases and the possible subsequent rehabilitation that is required, through study and research processes that allow the promotion of health and the improvement of the quality of life of the population.

Specific objectives

• Promote the acquisition of knowledge, skills and ethical attitudes necessary to practice as professionals in the area of ​​medicine and surgery.
• Develop the different skills to be a reference professional in society that covers national and international needs in the different areas of professional action of the career.
• Promote the scientific nature of students by training professionals capable of analyzing the state of public health to integrate into the health care system and contribute to optimizing it.
• Sustain human quality and communication with their patients.
• Project human beings that adapt according to the needs of the environment, stimulating the capacity to carry out research in order to obtain results that impact the field of health sciences.

Competitive advantages

• School of Medicine and Surgery, one of the oldest in Costa Rica.
• Faculty of Medicine registered in the Directory of International Medical Education.
• Member of the Pan American Federation of Medical Schools.
• Eminently practical Academic Program.
• More than 50% of the Curriculum is based on practical activities carried out from the first year in small groups.
• Students have innovative basic science laboratories, where they learn the basics of medicine.
• All the teachers are specialists in the subjects they teach, many of them are Heads of Service in the hospitals where they work.
• Agreements with the Ministry of Public Health, CCSS and Blood Bank.
• International Clinical Simulation Center.
• The only University that has an agreement with the Judiciary, which always allows us to have anatomopathological material and cadavers for teaching practices in the subjects of Human Anatomy, Embryology and Pathological Anatomy.
• 30 years experience receiving foreign students.
• Clinical rotations in the best hospitals in Costa Rica.
• Alliances with Medical Schools in Latin America and Europe.
• Department of Investigation. The Faculty of Medical Sciences has two scientific journals.
• The Medicine student community actively participates in Congresses and Seminars.
• Free Courses: Asepsis, Injectables and official title of CPR by the AHA.
• 3D Printing Design and Manufacturing Center.
• Agreements with Medical Academies to prepare for the specialty exam abroad.

The applicant is expected to have the following characteristics:

• Committed person.
• Ability to have logical reasoning for the analysis of the different situations that arise during their studies and at a professional level.
• Good time organization habits.
• Ability to learn.
• Quick reflexes in any situation.
• Communication skills and teamwork.
• Empathy for people.
• Frustration tolerance.
• I like to do research and science.
• Recognize your weaknesses and work for their acceptance.
• Be responsible in your studies.
• Active listening.

The graduate of the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from our University will have the ability to practice their profession in a humanistic, ethical, and scientific sense. He will be able to carry out his work effectively and communicate in an assertive and respectful manner everything concerning his patients.

Most of our graduates are selected to study the specialty and are currently residents of various medical specialties, in addition to finishing the rotating internship they are hired by the CCSS institutions.

Institutions where you can work

• State hospitals.
• Private hospitals.
• Clinics.
• Ebais.
• Private consultation.
• Intrahospital and extrahospital medical emergencies.
• Administration of health services and institutions.
• medical teaching.