La formación de médicos en Colombia

This work begins with the history medical specialists training in Colombia in the mid-twentieth century and the changes that this training has had. It includes a brief overview on the education of medical professionals. Graduated doctors must provide a period of Mandatory Social Service that is required to apply for the professional card. To apply for medical specializations the graduated doctors need their professional card an Meet the English proficiency requirement. The training of internists is a task of universities and the educational programs need the authorization of the Ministry of Education. In Colombia there are 22 specialization programs in internal medicine. The curriculum mostly attends to integral training and has a lesser dedication to medical subspecializations. The degree of internist is given by Universities and is endorsed by the Colombian Medical College. In Colombia we do not have a system a state certification system that validates the degrees. Some scientific associations, specifically the Colombian Association of Internal Medicine has a model of recertification for 20 years. The titles of foreign medical specialists are validated by the Ministry of Education and the universities homologate them.