On Monday morning, the medical students of the University of Talca demonstrated in the Plaza de Armas of the commune against the management of the institution, accusing lack of management to generate agreements with health establishments and allow them to have clinical practices.
Accompanied by the deputy, Alexis Sepúlveda (PR), Students delivered a letter to the rector in order to demand that measures be taken in favor of their professional training.
This was stated by the president of the Center for Medical Students, Javiera Carotino, Who noted that “we carry about two years without seeing any patients. This has led to an irreparable loss of activity, in the fifth year it is about 300 hours and in the fourth 200, We have continued to advance curricularly without having recovered from these “.
“It ‘s a worrying situation, because medicine is a completely practical career, With one of the most expensive tariffs of the university and we expect concrete answers on the quotas that go to have, from what date and like this recover the practices “, pointed out Carotino.
Likewise, the student leader has maintained that “we are not the only career or university affected. The difference is that this semester, many universities have returned to internships and we have not so we want contingents, more management and hopefully recover activities “.
“We are willing even to miss vacations in order to see patients. Our disposition is always on foot, 100% to be doctors of excellence and we will probably stay working in this region “, added the president of the center.
Meanwhile, MP Sepúlveda, commented that “for the university it would seem that it is very easy to run millionaire agreements with some study centers, These do work. But when you have to do them to generate practice, there is no time or resources. “
“They have an obligation and we will officiate at the Superintendency of Education, So that it effectively monitors compliance with what the university has to do by program. This is not a matter of will, here there is a lack in educational programs that include practice, An irreplaceable contact with patients. We hope that the rector will take responsibility and resolve this as soon as possible, “the parliamentarian said.
Until the close of this note, the direction of the University of Talca has not been pronounced about the demonstration or the demands of the students.