[Cayetano Heredia (1797-1861)].

Peruvian Mental Health Reform: A Framework for Scaling-up Mental Health Services

Background Mental, neurological, and substance (MNS) use disorders are a leading cause of disability worldwide; specifically in Peru, MNS affect 1 in 5 persons. However, the great majority of people suffering from these disorders do not access care, thereby making necessary the improvement of existing conditions including a major rearranging of current health system structures beyond care deliv...

The Role of Medical Students in the Fight to Control Neglected Tropical Diseases: A View from Peru

1 Scientific Society of Medical Students (‘‘SOCEMCH’’), ‘‘Alberto Hurtado’’ School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, 2 School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, 3 School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, 4 Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, U...

Peruvian Guideline to Care the Mental Health of Health Providers During COVID-19 Pandemic

[Using Twitter to promote continuous education and health research in Peru].

1 Facultad de Salud Pública y Administración “Carlos Vidal Layseca”, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú. 2 Biomedical and Health Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. 3 Facultad de Medicina “Alberto Hurtado”, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú. a Médico. Magister en Salud Pública; b. Especialista en Informática Biomédica; c. Méd...

[The program of the medical career in Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia].

The authors describe the development of the undergraduate medical curriculum at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, especially over the last 15 years, when they led the Curriculum Committee. They describe the principles that have guided the curriculum development process up to this day; how the competency outcomes were designed and evolved as well as the main influences on the process; how th...