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History of Latin American Dermatology

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RUBÉN GUARDA TATÍNGuarda’s program, launched in April 1980 and whose venue was the Aguirre Hospital,established: (1) a compulsory system <strong>of</strong> internships in all the practical areas <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dermatology</strong>,which included STDs, laboratory, histopathology, immunodermatology andsurgery, among others; (2) compulsory theoretical courses on the subjects that go beyondthe routine clinical practice <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dermatology</strong>, such as cutaneous pathophysiology (includinggenetics and biochemistry), immunology, pharmacology/therapeutics, histopathologyand fundamental surgery, for the purpose <strong>of</strong> updating and raising the level <strong>of</strong> Chilean<strong>Dermatology</strong>, hitherto <strong>of</strong> scarce prestige among doctors in other specialized fields; (3) arigorous evaluation <strong>of</strong> practical and theoretical activities, with a compulsory final examinationprior to the degree, and (4) a system for integrating the best pr<strong>of</strong>essors in Santiago(wherever they might be working) into graduate education to optimize the training<strong>of</strong> the residents. This program was complemented as <strong>of</strong> 1983 by gradually bringing inthe Santiago <strong>Dermatology</strong> services for carrying out practical work.In order to institutionalize the inclusion <strong>of</strong> the Santiago <strong>Dermatology</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essors andservices, Dr. Guarda drew up a new syllabus with the four principles listed above, whichwas adopted in 1985 at a solemn session at the Graduate School <strong>of</strong> the UCH MedicalSchool with the presence and signature <strong>of</strong> Isidoro Pasmanik, Daniel Villalobos, Juan Honeyman,Carlos Vera and Marco Antonio de la Parra, in representation <strong>of</strong> all the hospitalareas <strong>of</strong> Santiago, plus Dr. Guarda and the head <strong>of</strong> that School, Mauricio Parada. As aconsequence <strong>of</strong> this, within a few years <strong>Dermatology</strong> went from a depressed situation toone <strong>of</strong> being one <strong>of</strong> the specialization options most in demand among young doctors, includingthe inflow <strong>of</strong> numerous physicians with the highest graduating grades from thediverse medical schools, which generated an explosive growth in the number <strong>of</strong> dermatologists.Taking into account the doctors who joined the training in <strong>Dermatology</strong> linkedto the above-mentioned Graduate School, the figure went from 7 doctors in 1966-1972six-year period, to 10 in the 1973-1979 six-year period, and to 51 between 1980 and1986, these figures continuing to rise until now.Since 1991, graduate teaching at UCH has been a dependency <strong>of</strong> the newly created<strong>Dermatology</strong> Department <strong>of</strong> its Medical School. Since 1993 the training program lasts 3years (previously, 2 years) with exclusively dermatological subjects (it excludes generalclinical medicine). In the year 2004 the total <strong>of</strong> UCH scholarship holders/residents in the3 years <strong>of</strong> training stood at 25. The annual quota for new residents is currently 10. Thecoordinators <strong>of</strong> the graduate program have been Rubén Guarda (1980-1986), María ElsaMaira (1987-2001) and Iván Jara (2001 to date). The following have stood out coordinatingtheoretical and practical graduate courses at UCH: Augusto Alvarez Salamanca(surgery), Rubén Guarda, Raúl Cabrera and Iván Jara (immunodermatology and cutaneouspathophysiology), Hernán Hevia, Immo Rohmann, María Elsa Maira and HildaRojas (dermatopathology), Daniel Villalobos, Walter Gübelin and Orietta Gómez (STDs),Juan Honeyman (therapeutics) and Rodrigo de la Parra (laboratory), among others.The PUC created the first scholarship/residency spot for <strong>Dermatology</strong> in 1972, whenit was won by Gonzalo Eguiguren. The following isolated quotas <strong>of</strong>fered by PUC were carriedout at UCH’s Aguirre Hospital, until in 1993 a program <strong>of</strong> its own was launched forthe training <strong>of</strong> specialists in <strong>Dermatology</strong>, basically similar to that <strong>of</strong> UCH and integratedwith the latter as regards theoretical courses and some practical internships. In 2004there are four scholarship holders/residents for the 3 years <strong>of</strong> training. Up to 2004 onlyUCH and PUC carry out programs for the training <strong>of</strong> specialists in <strong>Dermatology</strong> in Chile.Textbooks for graduate educationUntil 1970 the main reference textbooks were successively those published by JeanDarier and disciples, Florencio Prats et al. (1960) and the French Enciclopédie Médico-Chirurgicale. From that time until the present, the main textbooks <strong>of</strong> general <strong>Dermatology</strong>174

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