Admission and exit profile

Admission profile

The entry profile is the knowledge, skills and abilities that start from a high school level.

Although the medical profession, its activity in the practice of medicine, especially the clinical branch, is known by society, and future students can have an approximation of the training process and the expectations that the practice of the profession entails, through the informative dimension of medicine, personal contact or as a patient with medical professionals..., the following are the personal and academic characteristics recommended to begin studies for a Degree in Medicine:

Capabilities

• Vocation of service and solidarity with others
• Work capacity
• Teamwork and leadership skills
• Analytical and logical reasoning mentality
• Some manual skill

Competencies

• Sufficient knowledge of basic sciences: chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics.
• Reading comprehension and writing skills
• User-level computing
• Knowledge of English
• Ability to search for bibliographic sources

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Graduation profile

The graduate profile is the skills, knowledge, and abilities that students must have acquired upon completion of the degree. This information is collected in the graduate profile section. competencies/learning outcomes defined for the title.

The training of the Graduate in Medicine from the University of La Laguna will ensure that students who have completed their studies have acquired the following knowledge and skills specific to the professional field toward which they are oriented:

• Adequate knowledge of the sciences on which medicine is based, as well as a solid understanding of scientific methods, including the principles of measuring biological functions, evaluating scientifically proven facts, and analyzing data, which will enable self-education and the ability to progress in research.
• Adequate knowledge of the structure, functions, and behavior of healthy and sick human beings, as well as the relationships between a person's state of health and their physical and social environment.
• Adequate knowledge of clinical theory and practice that provides a coherent view of mental and physical illnesses in their preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic aspects, as well as human reproduction.
• Adequate clinical experience acquired in hospitals under appropriate supervision, including the ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with patients and their families.
• Reasoned knowledge of the principles of equity and medical ethics.
• Ability to manage their own diagnostic and therapeutic resources and those of the public health system, as well as sufficient knowledge of health regulations.

Medical degrees and professional practice are strictly regulated at the European and Spanish levels. The existence of a national directive and regulation determines common objectives and content across all European Union countries.

Additionally, the regulations themselves stipulate a mandatory period of practical training for all physicians after graduation. In Spain, this postgraduate healthcare training is covered by the MIR (Medical Intern/Resident) system, which formalizes the specialization. Since the effective practice of medicine, at least in the public sector, will be linked to this postgraduate training, the general focus of the degree and the graduate profile contemplate general technical and learning skills that enable access to postgraduate training with the maximum guarantee of achievement, as well as the intellectual, social, and human background that the practice of medicine demands.In other words, the skills at graduation must be adequate for accessing and progressing in the MIR specialization system.