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EDUMECENTRO

versión On-line ISSN 2077-2874

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TOSAR PEREZ, María Asunción; SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Marta Eloísa; GARCIA JUNCO, Rosa Edilia  y  MIRANDA GONZALEZ, Dianelys. Population aging: its relevance in the medical sciences curriculum. EDUMECENTRO [online]. 2018, vol.10, n.2, pp. 160-170. ISSN 2077-2874.

Theoretical foundations about the relationship between university and society and the pertinence of the insertion of topics that demand their presence in the study plans and research projects of these institutions are analyzed. Population aging is contextualized as one of the social responsibilities of necessary introduction in the study programs of the Medicine career, which makes it possible to ratify the scientific, technological and humanistic character of Cuban higher education by assuming in its core processes the formation of a comprehensive professional, competent, with scientific preparation to accept the challenges of modernity, and with ample humanistic development to live in a society with an aging population. The authors set out to reflect on the relevance of the topic in the career curriculum as an expression of the university-society link.

Palabras clave : demographic aging; geriatrics; government programs; national health programs; health programs and plans; education, medical.

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