ULPGC Health Sciences offers fewer places than approved

The Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) offers 135 places each year to new students, but in fact may allow up to 150 places for first-place enrollment. the students. difference, -15 enrollments – is relevant when there is a subtle discrepancy in standards between chaplain and faculty due to accepting the MOH’s offer and welcoming more students.

In 2013, due to the shortage of faculty and in the context of the crisis, ULPGC accepted the college’s request to reduce the number of new enrolments In the first grade showing 135 instead of 150 verified by the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (Aneca). The Canary government has been informed of this, following the necessary administrative procedures. But this procedure was thought out, in principle, a year or two ago, however, since then, already a decade ago, this is how many registrations are opened every year.

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The ULPGC Social Council has warned of this circumstance. “If we license 150 places, the university must offer 150 places because they meet all the quality standards.” It is for this reason that this number of places has been approved, ”explains the Secretary of the Foundation, Miguel Angel Acosta. “Now, with the information that we collect for the possibility of benefiting from what health indicates, which is allocated
orA game of 50 million, so that medical schools expand the offer of places between 10 and 15%What we found out was that the rectory’s decision in 2013 was accurate for one year and stayed permanently.”

35 seats more than now

“We do not need permits or prior authorizations from quality agencies to increase places,” says Miguel Ángel Acosta, referring to the Social Council’s announcement last December.
“What we did was call for the responsibility of the center, meaning that there is a problem [en referencia a la falta de profesionales sanitarios] To which we have to contribute from the university Spanish so that the national health system can have staff. And as a university, the ULPGC must be up to the task and must offer the number of authorized places and take advantage of what the ministry allows, increasing between 10% and 15% of the places to offer the 20 more enrolments we can learn with the help of funding. this means
The Social Council is committed to reaching 170 places in the next academic year, which is 35 more places than in the current academic year..

With respect to the possible reduction in the quality of teaching in the event of an increase in the number of places, which is one of the issues alluded to by the College for refusing to extend the offer of enrolment,

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Indeed, medicine is already certified to receive 150 new students each year, insists Miguel Angel Acosta. “The degree, as a degree, has undergone evaluations,” and “we saw it work. We are proud, the university has a good degree in medicine ”. Infrastructure, let’s increase the number of professionals responsible for financial management by the management team and the social council.

College of Health Sciences’s photo. / Cooper

The university president doubts that 170 new students will be able to be reached next year

The President of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Lluís Serra, believes that it is possible to follow the guidelines of the Social Council and offer the 150 places approved by the Faculty of Health Sciences for Medicine next year. «The Social Council is urging us to increase seats by 10 or 15%, and thus asks us to reach 170, and there I have doubts. We have space on the same campus as San Cristóbal, in La Granja, and there is a budget to adapt all of this. In addition, we will start with the virtual hospital where there will be a series of clinical and surgical simulation mechanisms that will allow communication with the clinic without going through hospitals, as is the case in major medical schools, “but nevertheless he comments, “The most important thing is to maintain quality, this is a priority.” “We have wonderful specialists in public hospitals, but the staff is getting old and the young are not interested in education and research.” For this reason, he adds, “it is necessary to make an effort from the university and from the Canary Islands Health Service so that it is seen as a priority, as the Ministry has done, For his part, Vice-Chancellor for Undergraduate, Graduate and New Studies, Luis Hernandez Calvento, explained that due to “cyclical issues” such as lack of faculty or space, universities can temporarily suspend a diploma or reduce the number of places they offer After informing those who may correspond, in this case to the government of the Canaries. This is what happened in 2013 in medicine to reduce new jobs from 150 to 135. But it was maintained over time. Hernandez Calvento indicated that he x A meeting is taking place soon with the Dean of Health Sciences, María del Mar Tavio, to discuss the current state of medicine and present the current enrollment.