- Every year the National Congress of Mexican Physicians delivers the “Caduceus of Aesculapius” to institutions that promote Updating and Continuing Medical Education.
- For the first time, a pharmaceutical laboratory obtained this recognition.
- One of the reasons was because during 2022 it awarded more than 100 certification points in Update Programs and Continuing Medical Education.
A characteristic that all health professionals must have is the continuing medical education. It consists of continuing with their preparation after graduating from university. It doesn’t matter if they have one year of experience or 50 because in this career you can always learn something new. In the end it is not only about the care provided to patients but also about personal satisfaction.
In this case, carnot made history because it became the first pharmaceutical laboratory to receive an important award in our country. It’s about recognition “Caduceus of Aesculapius” 2022granted by the National Congress of Mexican Physicians “Dr. Hugo Aréchiga Urtuzuástegui” due to his commitment to Updating and Continuing Medical Education.
Promote updating in health professionals
Thanks to a solid growth of more than 25% in 2021 compared to 2022, Carnot is positioned as the fastest growing national pharmaceutical laboratory in the Mexican market. Although the most important thing is that it has made it possible to allocate significant resources to Continuing Medical Educationwhich will be strengthened in 2023 in favor of the community of doctors and patients.
The quality of the chair and the relevance of the topics included in the medical education program provided by Carnot stands out greatly within the pharmaceutical industry, being comparable to the proposal of educational institutions, stressed the Dr. Cesar ErosaActing President of the Health Commission of the National Congress of Mexican Physicians.
Historical fact in Mexico
This distinction places Carnot as the first laboratory in Mexico to be a creditor of the “Caduceus of Aesculapius”. It is awarded to those institutions and groups of experts that reflect the participation, endorsement and academic recognition of various Medical Specialty Advice (Conacem), as well as the National Regulatory Committee for General Medicine. Awarding, in the sum of several events, more than 100 points for Mexican doctors worth medical recertification.
The various Medical Update programs presented by Laboratorios Carnot México during 2022, among which stand out topics for General Medicine, Pulmonology, Allergology, Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Otorhinolaryngology and Pediatricsare the main link that unites a great chain of knowledge exposed by the main opinion leaders of their respective medical and research areas.
During 2022, Carnot managed to get the industry together with the academy by meeting this profile through multiple continuing medical education activities such as the Meeting of Experts in Immunology; the II Respiratory Summit or the event “A small step for man, a big step for Immunity”, where the scientific evidence of new and innovative bacterial immunotherapies was discussed.
“Carnot demonstrated during 2022 its leadership within the pharmaceutical industry, by ethically promoting and with very high educational quality standards the commitment it has to work together with the medical community for the health of all Mexicans,” said Dr. Cesar Erosa.
The “Caduceus of Aesculapius” It represents medical knowledge, the effort to carry out the treatment of the disease. As a result of the above, the transfer of this knowledge to more doctors so that, based on studies, research and individual wisdom, they can acquire new knowledge and update existing ones.
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