Universidad de Ciencias Médicas

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Universidad de Ciencias Medicas (UCIMED) is a famous medical school located in Costa Rica. UCIMED was founded in 1978 and has had a legacy of excellency in the teachings of medicine. Many american students choose to attend UCIMED since the price of tutition is low and the education level is comparable to a US medical school. UCIMED also introduced pharmacology as a major in the year 1999. Many students get training at famous pharmaceutical companies located at San José, Costa Rica.

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Fachade of UCIMED building

Medicine at UCIMED

Medicine at UCIMED is an intensive 5 year and a half program. During the first five semester students get a Bachellors in Health Science (Bachiller en Ciencias de la Salud) It is during the fifth semester that students start an intesive training at local Hospital such as the San Juan de Dios and Hospital Mexico. After finishing the the eleventh semester students obtain a M.D (Licenciado en Medicina y Cirugía y el Doctorado Profesional en Medicina y Cirugía)

Recently UCIMED succesfully signed an agreement with Kaplan Medical to prepare medical students for the USMLE. Medical Students from all around Costa Rica and Central America will be able to get first hand preparation for this board examination.

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Program for Medicine

I Semester

• General Chemistry
• General Chemistry Laboratory
• Biology and Biology Laboratory
• Calculus
• English
• Communication Techniques
• Computers and Documentation

II Semester

• Introduction to Medicine and Investigation
• Foundations of Anatomy
• Foundations of Organic Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry Laboratory
• Physics for Medical Science

III Semester

• Anatomy II
• Histology
• Embriology

IV Semester

• Fisiology
• Biochemistry
• Microbiology
• Epimediology and Biostatistic

V Semester

• Semiology
• Pathological Anatomy
• Fisiopathology
• Parasitology

VI Semester

• Internal Medicine and Specialities
• Farmacology

VII Semester

• Surgery and Specialities
• Psiquiatry
• Radiology and Images

VIII Semester

• Ginecology and Obstetrics
• History of Medicine
• Genetics for Medicine
• Pedriatrics

IX Semester

• Community Health and Administration of Disasters
• Family Medicine
• Legal Medicine
• Ethics in Medicine
• Seminary onInteranal Medicine
• Seminary on Surgery
• Seminary on Ginecology and obstetrics
• Seminary on Pedriatrics

X y IX Semester( Internado Rotatorio)

• Surgery
• Internal Medicine
• Pedriatrics
• Ginecology and Obstetrics
• Primary Care

External Links

http://www.ucimed.com