The new President of the International Association of cardiac surgeons taught a course at the Dominican Republic.

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2011-July Between day 4 and 6 of the month of July, the school of business University distance of Madrid, UDIMA, and Spanish CEF taught a course in management Clinical Hospital at the Global Institute of higher studies in social science, in the city of Santo Domingo. This course will be taught by Dr. Javier Cabo Salvador, Chief clinical surgery Cardiovascular of the Hospital de La Paz (Madrid) and Director of the masters in healthcare management from the CEF. Also on July 7 after Dr. will give a presentation, under the title of heart transplant and Ventricular assistance ” in the East Central University, UCE, in San Pedro de Macorís.

The course

The course of management clinic hospital is aimed at those professionals, medical, managerial or political, the responsibility of managing a health service. Each, which combined the lectures given by Dr. Cape with the development of case studies and audiovisual presentations will span a total of 3 sessions of 5 hours.

The management clinic hospital course aims to convey to participants the need to learn how to manage a health service, the gap between needs and available resources. Therefore, this situation implies that those resources should be used in the best possible way to achieve the objectives set, forcing introduce economic concepts such as profitability, cost and benefit, equitable allocation of health resources, etc.

In the words of Dr. Javier Cape, director and principal teacher of this course, the hospital clinical management is one of the major challenges facing health systems around the world. A country can have the best doctors in the world but it will be totally inoperative from the health point of view if there is not an efficient system to support behind work that medical ”.

On the other hand, it is also expected on July 7 after Dr made a presentation under the title of heart transplant and Ventricular assistance ” in the Central University of the East. The paper will be directed to cardiac surgeons in the Dominican Republic and will focus on the latest techniques and discoveries associated with this complex field of cardiac surgery.

Dr. Javier Cabo

The classes in this course will be taught by Dr. Javier Cabo Salvador, Chief clinical surgery Cardiovascular of the Hospital de La Paz (Madrid) and Director of the masters in healthcare management from the CEF and the area of health of the UDIMA. It is also co-author and director of the book integrated health management – public and private ” (CEF editions).

Dr. Cape is a pioneer in surgery for arrhythmias Spain, to create the first unit of surgery of arrhythmias in pediatric age of Europe in 1989. In addition, conducted the first heart transplant in a newborn in Spain in May of 1994. In 2006 he carried out the first assistance biventricular Spain with an artificial heart and first in the world by associating an ECMO and assistance. On 18 June he was appointed President of the International Association of Cardiac Surgeons in Montreal.

About the CEF

CEF (Centro de Estudios Financieros) is a private training center and business pioneer in Spain school. With great tradition and prestige firmly consolidated in the educational and editorial panorama of our country, the CEF started in 1977. Since then it has developed various areas of first level training aimed at professionals in the public and private spheres. Its areas of activity include the preparation of oppositions, the masters and post-graduate, the training courses for companies and specialized publications. During his 34 years of existence more than 325,000 students have passed through its classrooms. The CEF is also the main promoter of the University to distance Madrid UDIMA.