During the month of October, the Biomedical Education Department of the Universidad Austral He participated in the twenty-second Argentine Congress of Medical Education (CAEM), under the name: “Challenges of Medical Education to respond to the epidemiological, humanistic, technological, economic and social realities of the 20th Century”.

At the most important medical education event in the region, held annually by the Association of Argentine Faculties of Medicine of the Argentine Republic (AFACIMERA), there were presentations by various speakers, both national and international, and among the main topics addressed were: “Simulation strategies”, “Use of technology in medical education”, “Evaluation” and “Medical competencies”.

In the e-poster exhibition, Camila Cozza and Lucía Galazi, from the Department of Biomedical Education, presented “Challenges and Lessons Learned from a Hybrid Classroom Proposal.” Meanwhile, Malena Sayal, MA, and Catalina Bolaños, BA, presented their educational experience: “What Do Students Learn by Observing Classes?”

In turn, other initiatives from the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences were presented, such as “Teaching Strategies: Guidelines for Supporting Learning Difficulties,” by Cecilia Moore and Catalina Bolaños. Bolaños also presented, along with Agustina Angriman, a professor in the Psychology program. Universidad Austral, “Development of a School Support program in a vulnerable community during the pandemic: an experience carried out by the commitment of a group of students.”