There will be a new module for classes in Medicine in which advanced learning will be taught

The increase in places in the Faculties of Medicine in Spain is the result of an agreement between the Ministry of Health and the Universities and is linked to a specific budget item of 52 million euros to meet the teaching needs in the Faculties of Medicine to face this additional . 15% new entry positions.

In the case of the Málaga Faculty, it is a little more than one and a half million euros. The dean points out that this is the last funding that should be used to improve teaching. In this way, the Faculty has decided to use this money in the construction of a new module with teaching classrooms that will be equipped with the most advanced technological resources. It is about advancing digital training with twelve spaces for small groups of students.

According to the Royal Decree approved last July, Andalusia will increase its places by 155 by receiving a little more than 11 million euros. An additional 706 new admission places have been created across the country for this 2023/24 academic year. The University of Málaga has increased from 160 to 182 for this course.

new course

This academic year brings with it an important innovation in this Faculty, the new study scheme, which has replaced the scheme in force for the last 13 years. Pablo Lara assured that they would face this change “with great enthusiasm after the consensus reached by all departments”. The objectives that the Faculty has set with this new study plan include the introduction of the first courses of clinical training and practices in health centers, intensifying research training by promoting self-education, introducing new subjects such as health Doing is involved. Biomedicine Management or content related to advances in biomedicine (genomics, precision medicine or bioinformatics), restructuring of the schedule and increasing the number of more coordinated or integrated disciplines.

It also focuses on the implementation or intensification of new teaching methods. Pablo Lara gives examples of the flipped classroom, problem-based learning or service/learning, or clinical simulation. He says, “This is a new challenge that we have set for ourselves, which is necessary for the present times, to which we are going to devote our best efforts.”

400 theses are in progress

With last year’s data, the UMA Faculty of Medicine has completed 47 promotions and licensed or graduated nearly 7,000 medical professionals. The Dean also highlighted the research activity carried out at the Centre, with approximately 1,500 doctoral theses defended and approximately 400 currently underway. “All of this is possible because of a strategic alliance with the health centres, which is the only way for the Faculty of Medicine to regain its most authentic identity and be able to fulfill its objectives. “And we are proud to serve our society every year by providing future doctors and providing new knowledge that promotes health and improves care for the sick,” says Pablo Lara.