The Goals of Argentinian Federation of Cardiology - FAC

Purposes of FAC :

• To propend the development and promotion of the cardiological activities in the entire Republic.
  
• To coordinate the whole enforces made by all the Societies and by the Organisms that are joined to FAC.
  
• To promote and publish all the scientific works and researches made by their members for the benefit of the whole community.
  
• To edit a Bulletin with all the news about the FAC, its members and the new works and researches in the field, which is a scientific publication with the most broadcast for people whose native language is Spanish. It is published since 1970, four times a year (4500 each time) and free.
  

FAC has impelled those actions towards the development and execution of two fundamental aspects of their teaching plan:

1- The cardiological formation: based on the residence in cardiology; created in 1982, with the purpose to contribute to the formation in the area, of physicians that carry out activities in regions far from universities or assistencial centers for which the FAC has an important scientific educational structure.

This residence is based on:


• a- The Teaching Comitee: integrated by the President, Secretary and Vocals, selected by the National Board of Directors.

• b- System for scholarship: that are given annually and awarded according to the score obtained in the exam of selection of scholarships of each student.

• c- The Research Centers: validated in order to impart training and studies in different areas of cardiology. These centers should belong to groups of institutions with high medical complexity. The centers of studies are periodically evaluated by the Teaching Commitee of FAC.

2- Updating topics related to the cardiology :


This plan is carried out by means of the traditional programs and courses of postgraduate degrees in Cardiological Areas. These courses were dictated from the just beginning of the history of FAC, in the most distant points of Argentina.

The courses are taken in annual form and/or biannual, with a demand of a minimum required attendance and a final test to obtain the certificate at the end of the course.