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Academicexchangeportfolio

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Medellín - Colombia

Universidad CES

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Academic exchange portfolio

Exchange programs:

Universidad CES offers the possibility to do academic exchanges in many areas of knowledge and in multiple ways. For informative purposes, you can find the offered programs below.

In case you require further information, you can contact our Academic Exchange Coordinator:

Samuel Medina Lunasmedina@ces.edu.coPhone: 57+4+444 05 55 ext. 1136

1. On campus Spanish courses.

2. On campus classes.

3. Practical observation activities (observerships).

4. Research activities.

5. International volunteers at UCES.

6. PARCES program.

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Summer language and culture program

The summer Spanish program is intended for foreign students who come for educational exchange programs by agreement between Universities for short periods of time, or students interested in summer courses.

Program Intensity: Intensive 40 hours course, from 9:00 am to 12:00 m (3 hours a day for 3 weeks)

Value of the program: USD 300, printed material and tuition included.

Objective:To facilitate the acquisition of strategic communicative competences in Spanish, promoting the integration with Colombian culture and language, understanding a wide range of situations.

Lesson Plan:In order to comprehend and attend this course, the student must have an intermediate level of Spanish. Some of the topics that students are going to study are:

• Ciudades de Colombia, características y clima.• Expresiones idiomáticas colombianas.• Rutinas, hábitos de los pacientes y trato con ellos.• Descripción del cuerpo humano, enfermedades, síntomas y vocabulario

propio del país.• Aspectos culturales de Colombia: música, cine, historia

Spanish courses on campus

To facilitate the acquisition of strategic communicative competences in Spanish, promoting a deeper knowledge and understanding of Colombian culture and language, the students will gain speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills of the Spanish language, so they will be able to communicate with confidence in Spanish speaking countries.

Program Levels and Intensity:

On campus Spanish courses

A1

A2

B1

B2

C1

1, 2

3, 4, 5

6, 7, 8

9, 10, 11, 12

Advanced

40 hours p/c

40 hours p/c

40 hours p/c

40 hours p/c

40 hours p/c

CEFR Courses Hours per course

5

Classes from Monday to Friday, 2 hours a day.

Course Calendar:

February

March

April

May

August

September

October

February 4

March 11

April 15

May 20

August 5

September 9

October 15

March 1

April 5

May 10

June 14

August 30

October 4

November 8

Starting date Final date

Holidays: public holidays in Colombia will be non-teaching days in the University / From April 15 to 19 / from October 9 to 11.

Fee:

Individual Class

From 2 to 5 students

More than 5 students

Number of students Fee* (COP)

$ 2.000.000

$ 1.300.000

$ 900.000

• Placement test, printed material and tuition included.• Ces University reserves the right to close any course if it doesn´t

reach the minimum number of people.

Contact:For further information, you can send us an e-mail toidiomaespanol@ces.edu.co or call (57-4) 444 05 55 ext. 1173

On campus classes

To take into account:

Each faculty establishes its own academic schedule and all courses have a length of 6 months. International students can take any course as long as they do not overlap with any other. Applicants must start their processes during the following periods:

• For the first semester of the academic year (January – July), applications must be submitted in July of the previous year.

• For the second semester of the academic year (July – December), applications must be submitted in January of the same year.

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Administrative and Economic Sciences:• Administrative and Economic Sciences

Nutrition and Food Sciences:• Nutrition and Food Sciences

Sciences and Biotechnology:• Biology• Pharmaceutical Chemistry• Ecology• Technical degree in Pharmacy Regency

Law:• Law

Nursing:• Nursing

Physiotherapy:• Physiotherapy

Medicine:• Medicine• Technical degree in Prehospital Care

Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science:• Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science

Dentistry:• Dentistry

Psychology:• Psychology

Graduate School:• Doctorate in Health Sciences• Doctorate in Biostatistics and Epidemiology• Doctorate in Public Health

Arts and Humanities Department: depending on the program type, length and available at that moment, the possible options are:

• Watercolor• Current international conflict analysis• General anthropology• Artistic appreciation• Appreciation and history of rock-pop music• Appreciation and history of music• Appreciation and history of cine• Appreciation and history of heavy metal• Bioethics

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• Basic cartoon drawing• Political sciences• Bodies and Aesthetics• Urban and social development of Medellin• Drawing with an emphasis in human body• Economics and society• Entrepreneurship• Colombian business studies• Business ethics• General ethics• Digital photography• International geopolitics• Great moments in the history of science• History of medicine• History of political ideas• History of medical drugs• Introduction to Japanese language and culture• Language and subjectivity• Myths of the world• Origami and eastern philosophy• Human rights and Colombian post-conflict• Etiquette• Latin and Greek roots in the sciences of health and biology• Corporate social responsibility• Medical socio-anthropology• Social biology• Rural sociology• Reading and writing techniques• Theory of knowledge and logics

Practical observation activities (observerships)

Important dates: 1. To apply to an internship on the first semester of the academic year,

application must be submitted during the month of July of the previous year. For the second semester of the academic year, application must be completed in the month of January of that current year.

2. For Medicine students only: to apply to a clinical rotation for the first semester of the academic year, students must complete application in June of the previous year. For the second semester of the academic year, students must submit application in December of the previous year.

Economics and Administrative Sciences:

• Corporative Micro-Internships.• Participation in research projects.• Companies visits.

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Sciences and Biotechnology:

Pharmaceutical Chemistry:• Research groups• Pharmaceutical technology• Medicine analysis and control• Pharmacognosy and instrumental analysis laboratories

Clinical rotations in:• Infectology• Psychiatry• Neurology• Internal MedicineLaw• Rotations in the Center for Studies in Law and Health (CENDES in

Spanish)• Rotations in the Legal Office and the Center for Conciliation / JUECES

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Nursing• General nursing care to healthy patients• Nursing care to adults I. At institutions of first, second and third level• Nursing care to adults II• Nursing care to elderly• Nursing care to pregnancy and women• Nursing care to children and adolescents• Practical management in Nursing III

Physiotherapy• Observation: observation activities in the different fields of

physiotherapy in Colombia.• Preventive and Promotional Health: activities for the prevention and

promotion of health in some of the vulnerable communities.• Clinical: clinical-therapeutic assistance and rehabilitation activities.• Blended: observation and clinical.• Internship: health promotion programs, specific protection, therapeutic

and rehabilitation care programs in the different stages of life and in communities to help.

Dentistry• Rotation with and emphasis in Maxillofacial Surgery• Rotation with an emphasis in Endodontics• Rotation with an emphasis in Pediatric Dentistry• Rotation with an emphasis in Orthodontics• Rotation with an emphasis in Periodontology• Rotation with an emphasis in Oral Rehabilitation

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PsychologyUndergraduate• Research and observership clinical rotations• Neuropsychology rotations

Graduate

The faculty offers:1. Research projects2. Rotations in clinical observation

In the following graduate programs:• Master in Mental Health for Children and Adolescents.• Master in Neurological Development and Learning

processes.• Master in Clinical Psychology.• Emphasis Diploma in Mental Health for Children and

Adolescents.• Emphasis Diploma in Legal Psychology• Emphasis Diploma in Neurological Development and

Learning Processes.

MedicineUndergraduate:• Clinical rotations: internal medicine, pediatrics,

dermatology, psychiatrics, groups and environments III (family health), tropical medicine and emergency medicine.

• Surgery rotations: orthopedics and traumatology, gynecology and obstetrics; and general surgery.

Technical degree in Prehospital care• Patient transportation• Patient manipulation and procedures• Rescue techniques

Veterinary Medicine• Rotation in animal biotechnology• Clinical rotation in wild fauna• Rotation in canines and felines• Equines rotation

Graduate School

Doctorate in Health SciencesSpecial emphasis in: Deepening areas in pathology, tropical medicine, mental health, health and animal

production, and pharmaceutical bioprocesses.

Research projects related to: • Autoimmunity• Cellular Biology and Tissue Restructuring• Computational Biology• Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology• Physical Pathology and Cardiovascular Epidemiology• Sexual and Physical Procreation Pathology• Genomics of Infectious Agents• Infection, Swelling and Cancer• Immunology and Modulation

Doctorate in Epidemiology and BiostatisticsSpecial emphasis in: Deepening areas in applied epidemiology, applied biostatistics and health of communities.

Research projects related to:• Applied biostatistics• Occupational and environmental epidemiology• Applied epidemiology• Molecular and genetic epidemiology• Pharmaceutical epidemiology Doctorate in Public HealthSpecial emphasis in: public health and society, health service management, public health and law based on evidence, and health and transmissible diseases.

Research projects related to:• Public policies and health services management• Health condition

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Research Activities

The University has different research groups, they are as follow:

• Research group in business management.• Nutral.• CES Biology.• Research group in pharmaceutical sciences ICIF-CES.• CES-Pharmacielo.• Group in judicial studies.• Nursing care CES.• Movement and health.• Epidemiology and biostatistics.• Mental health.• Observatory in public health.• Health technologies.• Basic sciences.• Anesthesia research CES – IACES.• Dermatology CES.• Hearth diseases CES.• Reproductive and sexual health Clínica del Prado-CES.• ETICES.

PARCES (buddy) program

This program seeks to guide incoming students through their adaptation process in Universidad CES and the city of Medellin by organizing cultural events, academic tutoring and support groups.

The Global Affairs Office along with the Institutional Wellness Office, periodically organize diverse cultural activities in the city, that all the incoming students are welcome to join.

In case you require further information, you can contact our Academic Exchange Coordinator:

Samuel Medina Lunasmedina@ces.edu.coPhone: 57+4+444 05 55 ext. 1136

• Research INDEC-CES.• Clinical research HGM – CES.• Pediatrics CES.• Radiology.• Research group in ophthalmology CES.• Research group in post-secondary education CES.• GineCES.• Cardiovital research.• INCA-CES.• Research group in bioengineering (GIB), CES-EAFIT.• Basic research group and clinic in dentistry.• CESLPH.• Bioengineering of head and neck.• Psychology, health and society.• Research group in globalization – GEOCES.• Ingennova.• Tropical medicine.• GenomaCES.

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