Academic from the University of La Serena wins National Nursing Award 2019

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Dr. Lizet Véliz was decorated during the celebration of International Nurses Day, held by the National College of Nurses.

The academic from the Department of Nursing of the University of La Serena, Dr. Lizet Véliz Rojas, won the 2019 National Nursing Award “Marta Figueroa”, an award granted by the Scientific Committee of the College of Nurses of Chile to the most influential author of the period 2017-2018 in topics of care science.

nurse2 awardDr. Véliz was the main author of the scientific article “Intercultural competencies in primary health care: a challenge for higher education in contexts of cultural diversity”, published in the scientific journal Cadernos de Saude Publica, which is indexed in Web Of Science, the most prestigious index at an international level and which was considered by the commission in awarding the award.

The academic's publication is focused on the way in which higher education institutions should train health sciences students so that they can perform successfully in contexts of cultural diversity, greatly influenced by the international migrations that have arisen. In this sense, it represents a challenge for educational institutions to analyze their curricula and be able to reorient them towards holistic training that incorporates respect for the cultural diversity that exists in Chilean society today.

The award ceremony was held during the commemoration of International Nurses Day, in the city of Concepción.

Written by Tomás Rodríguez, DirCom