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Medical Specialties

Specialty in Occupational Medicine

Título a obtener

Title to be obtained

Specialist in Occupational Medicine
Resolución

Resolution

RPC-SO-34-No.576-2024

Duration

3 years
UEES - Espiritu Santo University > Postgraduate > Graduate School of Health > Specialty in Occupational Medicine

Target

The objective of the Specialty is to train medical professionals specialized in Occupational Medicine with the capacity to manage health risk situations or work-related diseases and to provide health services of diagnostic identification, therapeutic intervention, rehabilitation, prevention, health promotion and health education for occupational pathologies with technical, scientific, social and human quality, allowing them to provide comprehensive medical care.

Aimed at

Professionals with a third level terminal degree in the area of medicine, granted by a National or Foreign University, recognized in the list of Senescyt, who have completed their time of rural medicine (nationals).

Title to be Granted

Once the academic, assistance and administrative requirements have been passed, the degree of "Licenciado de  Specialist in Occupational Medicine.

Teacher Profile

The teachers of this program are professionals with fourth level degrees and a wide domain and experience in the area to be taught.

Study Modality

The postgraduate course of study is face-to-face and is dedicated exclusively to the Program.

Downloads

Curriculum
RESOLUCiÓN PRES-CES-No.033-2019
RPC-SE-08-No.023-2022
Procedure for Challenges

Student profile upon graduation

At the end of his training as a specialist in Occupational Medicine:

  • A graduate of the general program of Occupational Medicine will prevent or decrease the risk of employees getting sick because of the position they occupy within a company, therefore, will identify risks, contamination, stress or work situations of risk to health, in order to mobilize the actors who can play a role in the on-site management of these risks, will interact within a multidisciplinary team of occupational health in the workplace. It will work in conjunction with local, national and/or regional bodies responsible for medical supervision risk situations with national and international projection, able to generate tools and scientific knowledge through prevention within industries and in relation to workplaces and will achieve the highest possible degree of well-being, therefore, it will promote outside workplaces the prevention of the integrity of the environment to prevent it from being damaged as a result of the circumstances or effects of work, or by the toxics that are produced as a result of a work activity. 
  • In the field of Clinical and Occupational Pathology, he/she must achieve a correct diagnosis of the occupational pathology and know which are the most plausible factors to be considered responsible or causal, efficiently detecting the appearance of the initial signs of the pathology, through all the resources offered by the clinic, complementary explorations and laboratory analysis, mainly important in the study of the presence of toxins or their metabolites in organic samples. It will define the correct adaptation of each person to the workplace, facilitating better performance, lower accident rate and greater worker satisfaction in their activity through rehabilitation and reintegration into work after an accident or an episode of occupational pathology. 
  • They will communicate in an active, respectful and empathetic way with people, families, collaborators and communities, they will attend with responsibility, honesty and warmth, respecting interculturality, biodiversity and the principles of bioethics aimed at excellence in the doctor-patient relationship, therefore, they will apply the basic moral principles, codes of ethics, deontological and laws in force for their performance in the exercise of their profession, whether in health care, They will work as a team in integral health care, with a multidisciplinary and intercultural approach, considering the person as a biopsychosocial and ecological being, with a holistic approach to the process of health and disease, generating initiatives for the promotion of health and health education in the workplace and in the community. 
  • Propose and implement freely and independently measures to preserve the right to health and dignity of human beings, workplaces and communities, so that the solutions proposed by the professional will be aimed at reducing work-related risks, in order to reduce the potential effect of possible disturbances to the health or quality of life of workers, without harming ecosystems within policies of sustainable productive development, considering the personal opinion of workers, the particularities of their cultural knowledge and ancestral or community knowledge related to the practice of medicine.
  • Finally, it will promote the principles for the most appropriate conduct of the human being with respect to life, as well as to the environment in which acceptable conditions for life can exist and provide a pleasant environment in which people can develop in the workplace. The program will promote the implementation in professional practice of four basic moral principles or human values: beneficence, non-maleficence, respect and distributive justice. The training promotes a biopsychosocial, multidisciplinary and intercultural approach, based on respect for gender differences, age groups, pre-existence of disease or disability, ethnic origin, race, social background, religious beliefs, social, political and sexual orientation of patients and collaborators of the group or work environment, as well as respect for the integrity of ecosystems, promoting actions or work activities in a context of sustainable and ethical development.

Call for Merit-based Competitive Examination Competitions

Calendar of activities (Subject to change)

ActivitiesOccupational Medicine
Publication of the call for proposalsSunday, December 22, 2024
Receipt of documentsFrom Monday, December 23, 2024 to Friday, January 17, 2025
Merit TribunalWednesday, February 12, 2025
Declaration of suitability and meritMonday, February 17, 2025
Opposition examinationMonday 24, Tuesday 25, Wednesday 26, Thursday 27 February 2025
Publication of competition resultsTuesday, March 11, 2025
Receipt of appealsWednesday 12, Thursday 13 and Friday 14 March 2025
Court of AppealsFriday, March 28, 2025
Declaration of winnersMonday, April 7, 2025
Selection of vacanciesFriday, April 11, 2025
Start of activitiesMonday, April 21, 2025

Publications

Merit Report
Record of Opposition
Minutes of Results
Final Results Statement

Appeals Submission

Available from Wednesday, June 5 through Friday, June 7, 2024. 

Admission Fee

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Registration
Admission system video tutorial
Admission System Tutorial

The following positions are available for this postgraduate program, as requested by the hospitals:

Teaching Assistance Unit (Unidad Asistencial Docente - UAD) Base Fellowships Places Self-financedas
Los Ceibos Hospital   12

 

The assignment of the Base Hospital will be made according to the score obtained by the winners; that is, the applicant who obtains the highest score will decide in which hospital he/she wishes to perform his/her medical specialty, and so on with the other winners.

Requirements

Requirements to participate in the contest

  • The applicant may apply for only one clinical or surgical specialty.
  • Those physicians who are currently pursuing a medical specialty program at our institution will not be able to apply to this process.
  • The applicant must upload all the supporting and merit documentation scanned in PDF format.
  • All documents must be notarized copies.

Documents that support the suitability of the applicants (in case of not uploading the complete documentation, the applicant will not be allowed to continue with the competition process).

  • Color copy of updated Identity Card.
  • Copy of identity card or passport (for foreigners).
  • 1 recent color photograph 
  • Copy of third level degree.
  • Be a professional in the field of specific health knowledge with a third level degree registered in the National System of Higher Education Information, SNIESE / SENESCYT and to the health authority ACESS, or whoever takes its place.
  • Have passed the professional qualification examination of the CACES, if applicable.
  • Certificate of proficiency level of at least A1 in a language other than the mother tongue.
  • Certificate of Rural Medicine.
  • Certificate of final grade (the university reserves the right to calculate the IMG).

Documents for merit qualification, Notarized (30 points)

  • Certificates of medical training courses endorsed by an institution of higher education, with a minimum duration of 40 hours and with evaluation,  Attach the image of the call for the course. (To be scored with 0.5 each, with a maximum of 2 points) 
  • Publications and/or letters of acceptance for publication in indexed journals or books; as principal author or co-author. LATINDEX, MIAR, SCOPUD, SCIELO, MEDLINE, PUBMED, LILACS. (To be scored with 0.5 each, with a maximum of 4 points).
  • Postgraduate studies: doctorate (PhD. or equivalent), specialization and/or master's degree in the area of health registered in the SNIESE/SENESCYT. 2 points will be recognized for PHD, 2 points for Specializations and 1 for Master's Degree.
  • Teaching assistantships, practical or theoretical tutorships in higher education institutions, duly certified by the competent authority, obtained through merit and competitive examinations., during their academic training. Scoring will be 0.5 each period of assistantship, maximum 2 points.
  • Awards for academic merit and/or research, granted by an institution of higher education or one of the country's academic teaching units, during their training. third-level academic. 0.5 will be recognized for each one, maximum of 2 points.
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  • Full and half scholarships academic by national or foreign institutions of higher education or any other entity.. A score of 1 point will be given for each scholarship, maximum 2 points.
  • Duly documented clinical-surgical assistance activity, including work history (Consolidated from the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security or other qualifying documents). In third and second level hospitals. 1 point for each continuous calendar year of activities, up to a maximum of 2 points.
  • Participation in research projects duly endorsed by an institution of higher education, a research institution and/or certificates of lecturer or speaker in endorsed academic meetings. Attach the image of the congress or call for proposals. A score of 1 point will be given for each participation or certificate, up to a maximum of 2 points.
  • Affirmative action certification, according to the technical standard of the regulatory entity in force, issued by the corresponding governmental entity. It will be scored with 0.25 points.

In addition to all the provisions of Resolution RPC-SE-08-No.023-2022, codified, which contains the Rules for the Conduct of Merit and Opposition Competitions to access the Medical Specialty Programs.

Requirements for publications

  • Recognized journals (LATINDEX, MIAR, SCOPUD, SCIELO, MEDLINE, PUBMED, LILACS). Maximum number of participants (5)
  • Publications related to the specialty. In case of books or chapters in collective works, send notarized copy of the book cover (Q1, Q2; Q3; Q4 IMPACT FACTOR) (CLINICAL CASE VALUE WITH A MAXIMUM OF 5 ART. SCORE AND THE LITERATURE REVIEW MUST BE OF HIGH IMPACT.

On the competitive examinations (70 points)

The competitive examination will be conducted through the CTO platform, according to the established schedule.

Admission requirements

  • Winner of a merit-based competitive examination.
  • Submit the documents required by the University and UAD.
  • Present certification of affiliation with the Social Security Institute. 
  • To pay the registration fee and the first tuition fee before the beginning of the program.

NOTE: All information regarding the competition will be communicated via UEES e-mail.

Request more information by email:

comite_especialidades_medicas@uees.edu.ec

Call for Merit-based Competitive Examination Competitions

Requirements to participate in the contest

All documents must be notarized copies.

On the competitive examinations (70 points)

The competitive examination will be conducted through the CTO platform, according to the established schedule.

Admission requirements

  • Winner of a merit-based competitive examination.
  • Submit the documents required by the University and UAD.
  • Professional liability insurance
  • To pay the registration fee and the first tuition fee before the beginning of the program.

NOTE: All information regarding the competition will be communicated via UEES e-mail.