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Galicia Launches Panel to Oversee Medicine Degree Spread; A Coruña, Vigo Seek New Faculties

A nine-member group will draft an updated plan to decentralize clinical teaching after the University of A Coruña pressed for its own degree, prompting Vigo’s council to demand a local faculty.

Integrante del Consello de Doncecia Clínica del grado de Medicina, ayer, en el Gaiás. | Xoán Álvarez
Todos los concejales votaron a favor de la propuesta
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Reigosa (izda.) durante la reunión del Consello de Docencia Clínica

Overview

  • The Xunta de Galicia convened a working group chaired by UVigo rector Manuel Reigosa to build on the 2015 decentralization agreement with representatives from all three universities and Sergas.
  • The University of A Coruña has filed a public expression of interest in creating a standalone medicine faculty, a move that will require a formal proposal and review by the regional education authority.
  • Vigo’s municipal council approved a unanimous motion requesting the Xunta to establish a medicine faculty at UVigo, reflecting cross-party support for local medical training.
  • Draft guidelines under discussion envisage the creation of decentralized teaching units in Chuvi and Chuac hospitals to deliver practical and clinical instruction from the fourth year onward.
  • Health Minister Antonio Gómez Caamaño said it remains uncertain whether the Xunta can legally block a new faculty in A Coruña even as he commended the collaborative spirit of the negotiations.