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The activity was carried out within the framework of the prompt implementation of the Acute Geriatric Unit in the main health facility of the regional capital.

As the beginning of the implementation of the elderly care protocol, which will grant preferential treatment to those over 60 years of age in the Serenense healthcare facility, the training carried out by the nurse was cataloged. Mg. Carmen Retamal, academic from the Nursing Department of the University of La Serena, which was aimed at personnel from the La Serena health service.

“This new approach to care is centered on the elderly person seen as a subject of rights and not as an object of care. The care system is changing, since we have to evolve to one that is born from the needs of the person, and for that it is essential to know the other," said the academic from the house of studies regarding the implementation of the new care unit.

For his part, the director of the regional hospital, Edgardo González, maintained that "older people have multiple pathologies, they must consume more than 5 medications daily, they suffer loss of functionality, among other factors that condition their dependence on care, therefore that the attention to them must be specialized and differentiated, this is an act of justice and a right, since they contributed a lifetime of work to the country.”  

Completing this training will allow hospital officials to be better prepared to care for older people, providing a service focused on communication and empathy with their patients, which is considered vital in the care of older adults.

The La Serena health service thanked the academic for her contribution, highlighting the contribution that her work will mean in providing better hospital care to elderly people, an age group that exceeds 3% of the country's population. .  

The activity will be open to the public and will take place on Monday, July 01, in the Brilliant Hall of the Ignacio Domeyko Campus.

The Environmental Civil Engineering program at the University of La Serena will hold the talk “Nature, Reason and Romanticism” next Monday, July 01, at 11:00 a.m., in the Brilliant Hall of the Ignacio Domeyko Campus of the university. , an activity that is open to the public, mainly to Engineering and Law students, as well as representatives of companies from all sectors.

The talk will be given by the lawyer and academic, Msc. Alejandro Canut de Bon, who has developed his expertise in environmental law and who will address as his main topic the influence of ecology on ethics, economics and law, and the possibility of recognizing the rights of nature.

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Public Statement Violence at ULS Headquarters

Logos Magazine is the name of the scientific dissemination body of the Interdisciplinary Master's Program in Latin American Studies of the university, and which today already has its version No. 29, available to the entire internal, external and international community.

This edition, offered by the ULS Faculty of Humanities and co-edited by the University of Gießen in Germany, highlights several topics in different areas of the humanities.

The complete content of this version is available in the link https://revistas.userena.cl/index.php/logos.

Written by Patricia Castro, Dircom

The closing ceremony, which took place at the Limarí Campus in the city of Ovalle, was marked by emotion.

34 professionals from different areas received the certification provided by the Water Resources Management Diploma from the University of La Serena, which culminated in an emotional ceremony where academics and special guests also participated.

The closing ceremony, which took place at the Limarí Campus in the city of Ovalle, was marked by emotion, as the students stated that they were very eager to finish a stage that not only means continuing on the path of knowledge, but also knowing first-line the water reality of the Coquimbo Region.

A central axis that stood out in this diploma was that the innovation of transformation processes for good management was addressed. Likewise, he contemplated the evaluation of projects, and issues of legislation and quality.

The program was structured on the basis of 6 modules that accounted for a total of 11 courses, and among them is what is called water operations, where work is done on highly efficient irrigation systems, on water treatment techniques and on water planning, and that the professionals who took the role of students had the opportunity to learn in the field.

“The diploma course met the expectations of the professionals, which was very intense because it has a significant load of hours; however, it was very productive. Furthermore, taking advantage of the students' interest, we socialized our Master's Degree, which will begin in September, realizing that the continuity of studies and improvement is relevant, especially considering that the issue of water resources is so important in our area of ​​action," he noted. the Director of the program and academic of the Faculty of Sciences, Dr. Héctor Reyes Serrano.

The need for good water management has been established in the Regional Development Strategy, in the Strategic Plan to confront Water Scarcity 2015-2025, and the ULS, in its role as a public and regional university, decided to assume the commitment, through of the PROMMRA Laboratory of the Department of Agronomy, to prepare a postgraduate training proposal that was awarded by the Innovation Fund for Competitiveness of the Coquimbo Region, transforming it into what is today called Diploma in Water Resources Management.

Written by Patricia Castro, DirCom