MSc Programs in Epidemiology in Colombia 2022

The Master's Degree in Epidemiology has contributed to the training of human talent in Santander, favoring the consolidation of epidemiological research in the region and in the country through the Industrial University of Santander as a strategy to comply with one of its institutional policies, including, that of social responsibility contemplated in the Institutional Project. “It is a matter of fully assuming the public condition of the University to respond to the national need for high-quality and relevant training, generating within it the knowledge, attitudes and innovative practices that allow thinking and transforming the country and the region with ethical sense and political responsibility ”. -

The training of epidemiologists in the Master's program is justified given the advances in science and the need to train health professionals to generate new knowledge by conducting research according to the needs of the country. Through evidence-based practice, apply the knowledge generated in decision-making to contribute to improving the quality of health programs, offered both in the preventive field, at the community and individual level, as well as in the field of the clinic, providing tools to raise the quality of care and rationalization of resources. -