Urgencies and Emergencies Research Group GIURE
Academic Unit: Faculty of Medicine
Colombian Ministry of Science
OECD
Area
Medical and health sciences
Subarea
Clinical medicine
Strategic Focus
The Urgencies and Emergencies Research Group of Universidad de Antioquia’s Faculty of Medicine seeks to generate new knowledge and verifiable quality information as an input for decision making from the clinical levels of health policy administration, framed in the acknowledgment of the scientific community and research excellence. For this reason, we propose the following objectives:
1) To contribute toward improving quality in emergencies assistance;
2) To develop continuing education programs for physicians and health professionals, with an emphasis on emergencies;
3) To provide research training to medical students and emergency residents;
4) To evaluate the quality of health services provision in the emergencies area through a monitoring network;
5) To build models for assistance in emergencies that improve assistance quality;
6) To advice public and private bodies in defining, implementing, and monitoring such models.
Goal: To become a national referent in training, research, and advising in the emergencies area to improve health conditions and health services provision in the country.
Research Lines and/or Areas
- Quality in urgent and emergency care.
- Training personnel on health in urgent and emergency care.
- Urgent and emergency care models.
- Clinical practice in urgent and emergency care.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
