The Royal Academy of Medicine of Castilla-La Mancha, with its President Pedro Tárraga in front, has just subscribed with the rector of the National Distance university (UNED), Ricardo Mairal, and with the presence of the Director of the Associate Center of the Academic University Institution in Albacete, Rafael Martínez, as well as the president of the Board of Trustees of the UNED of artificial intelligence (AI).
The signed collaboration agreement will be specified in the coming months in concrete training and awareness actions, such as talks, conferences, seminars and days, aimed at members of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Castilla-La Mancha, While it will also serve as a basis to initiate joint research projects on the application and the future of AI in Medicine, looking for joint financing lines.
The director of the UNED associate center in Albacete recalled that “IA opens a huge range of possibilities in the field of medicine, it is an infinite land of possibilities, from the management of hospital centers, through the interpretation of images, modeling medical knowledge, as help for therapies and robotics.”
Pedro Tárraga stressed that «The relationship between the Academies of Medicine and the University has always been of enrichment, together they have contributed to the creation of a medicine based on evidence, ethical and committed to the welfare of society ».
-In addition, he said that “At present, both academies and universities face new challenges: the globalization of knowledge, the digitalization of information and advances in biotechnology, among others. It is imperative that these institutions continue to collaborate closely, adapting to changes and maintaining their commitment to excellence and ethics. ”
In this sense, the president of the Royal Academy of Medicine pointed out that “thanks to this agreement we will increase the study and dissemination of Castilla-La Mancha, an extensive region that has two powers of Medicine, in Albacete and Ciudad Real, and that thanks to the teaching logistics that UNED uses can help us in our diffusion,” and said that «The great experience that the university institution has in AI will be a beneficial collaboration in the field of medicine».
For his part, the rector of the UNED, Ricardo Mairal, said that It is “absolutely key to promote and respond to the many challenges that we live if we are able to make a joint commitment around the importance of science and knowledge that now in the XXIMAS century that should never form a substantial part of culture; And the achievement of these challenges will depend largely on the weight we assign to science and education, and of course to innovation ».
Mairal highlighted the accredited research headed by Professor Rafael Martínez, director of the UNED associated center in Albacete, about The role of AI in health management, and the range of possibilities that opens in the field of medicine and recalled that the agreement signed “reminds us of the importance of interdisciplinarity; In this case, the Aiabraza to medicine ».
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