Educación sociohumanística en las profesiones de salud en Colombia.

Abstract

Education should foster humanistic reasoning. A documentary research study was conducted on the socio-humanistic component in 199 current health curricula in Colombia, covering eight professional programs at various universities. The study evaluated the number of courses, percentage of credits, and their designations using database analysis. The socio-humanistic component is organized as follows: 38 % humanities courses, 27 % social sciences subjects, 3.8 % courses oriented towards arts and emerging categories, and 31.2 % subjects in communication, linguistics, oral and written expression. The results suggest that health programs integrate socio-humanistic training in a small proportion, and there is still a need to work on an integrative curriculum that combines disciplinary and socio-humanistic elements.