Center for Research and Education in Occupational Safety and Health (CIESL)

The mission is to contribute to a safe and healthy working environment in Panama through teaching, training, research and dissemination of research.

The vision is to produce and disseminate the knowledge that will be used to prevent risks in workplaces, authorities, medical clinics, hospitals and others to achieve a healthy environment. The "environment" includes stress in the workplace, air, water, soil, social and cultural, economic, environmental and environmental. Through our research and the provision of new external knowledge, we improve the understanding of how the environment can affect health and change dangerous environments. Through our teaching, we educate specialists in occupational and environmental medicine, scientists and policymakers.

1. Homologation of the Occupational Medicine CSS specialists.
2. The residency program for the occupational medical specialty.
3. Continuing education in occupational medicine.
4. Pre and postgraduate training in research.
5. Occupational and environmental health research

1. Attract and educate researchers and specialists.
2. Conduct research and disseminate research on the highest international scientific standard.
3. Implementation of evidence-based medicine in patient care, teaching, research, information and dissemination of health prevention.
4. To launch the magazine "Preventive Health Science", regularly
5. Collaboration with other medical specialties, that is, pediatrics on congenital malformations and exposure to pesticides

Use the evidence-based approach in clinical, teaching and research activities. Include WHO definitions and guidelines for primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. To inspire and help students and health professionals to start their own research project and thesis. Perform occupational epidemiological surveillance.occupational epidemiological surveillance