OPTOMETRY PROGRAM-SNIES:101808
Resolution 014866 of December 17, 2019.
Expiration date of the Qualified Registration: December 17, 2026.
Record
SNIES:101808
Program Manager
Dr. Keivis Quintero Mesa
Title
optometrist
Duration
10 Semesters
Modality
Face-to-face - Day
Training
Professional - Undergraduate
- Description
- Professional profile
- Occupational profile
- Study plan
- Program Manager
- Enrollment Guide
- Registration requirements
- Selection process
- Enrollment Guide
The World Health Organization establishes that vision defects are the most important cause of preventable blindness in the world; Optometrists work daily to provide a solution to this great global problem, preserving people's visual and ocular health.
The high problem in visual and ocular conditions, the increasing demand for professionals in Optometry at a regional, national and global level, the needs for health coverage and the optical and technological implementation are some of the main reasons why the Universidad del Sinú resizes, updates and strengthens its Optometry career in a new curriculum, which has a highly differentiating approach in the area of health by providing great advantages in the formation of skills in its areas of disciplinary, basic sciences biological, humanities, exact basics, preventive and community, research and complementary with a practical approach towards entrepreneurship and innovation. Likewise, their clinical practices are carried out from the first semester in the Simulated University Hospital of the University and are consolidated with rotations in the most prestigious and recognized scenarios such as the Ophthalmological Clinic of Cartagena, with access to the latest diagnostic and treatment technologies, as well as such as carrying out a high number of clinical cases together with recognized teachers with extensive clinical and pedagogical experience and certified academic training, which allows the generation of personal, professional and work skills that respond to current and future needs.
The University of Sinú trains competent professionals under the premise that Optometry is a health profession that requires a university degree, based on scientific, technical and humanistic training where its activity includes actions for the prevention and correction of eye diseases. and the visual system through examination, diagnosis, treatment and management that lead to achieving visual efficiency and ocular health, as well as the recognition and diagnosis of systemic manifestations that are related to the eye and that allow preserving and improving the quality life of the individual and the community, so the Unisinuanos Optometrists are prepared for their practice.
The Optometrist graduated from the University of Sinú will be a comprehensive professional in the health area with skills in the scientific, technological, administrative and humanistic areas, which will allow an outstanding performance in society by applying their skills and competencies in the resolution of visual problems related to eye health. He will stand out for his scientific, innovative and investigative contribution with leadership capacity focused on entrepreneurship and social service. His managerial and administrative skills will enable him to make viable and direct public health projects supported by his economic and financial knowledge according to national and international trends. Likewise, the Unisinuano Optometrist will complement his training in the areas of science and technology, knowledge that will help him generate scientific proposals in the different areas of the profession. The integral development of his skills and competencies with an ethical and humanistic sense supported by legal knowledge and legislative will allow you to fulfill your professional commitment with excellence by providing visual and eye health to the population of your influence.
The Unisinuan Optometrist will be able to protect and maintain eye health, or recover it in case of illness, considering the environmental, biological, psychological and social aspects, with competencies in the following specific profiles:
Professional eye care or eye care profile: An Optometrist who has extensive basic and clinical knowledge, which he seeks to apply to the processes of diagnosis, therapy and rehabilitation of his patients. In constant search for new knowledge and interested in applying the best scientific evidence in clinical decisions, health promotion and disease prevention. Ability to communicate with the patient and his family.
Administrative Profile: A professional who knows the laws that regulate the exercise of his profession and social security in health in the country, capable of understanding his role as leader of the health team, and of administering an Optometry, Optics, diagnostic eye exam service to a Service Provider Institution.
Teaching Profile: A professional capable of developing educational and training activities, aimed at patients and their families, members of their work team, undergraduate students at lower levels or other programs, and the community in which they work as Optometrists. With excellent command of oral and written presentation.
Investigative Profile: A graduate with attitudes and habits towards research, knowledgeable about its art and technique; with a spirit of curiosity, habit of reading and interest in conversation about scientific news, capable of applying the results of scientific research to their professional practice and of identifying and posing problems, as well as arguing or stating solutions, but above all with a positive attitude towards research, debate and intellectual teamwork. 1 Motivating entrepreneurship and innovation together with the administrative area towards an Optometrist with knowledge of science and technology who proposes new solutions to problems posed, being a generator of employment and a company creator.
Differentiating profile: The University of Sinú Elías Bechara Zainúm presents a strong competitive and differentiating advantage by promoting the articulation of the Optometrist with the transversal training components of professionals in the health area and the incorporation of curricular elements of the discipline with strength in the formation of competencies. clinical and technological among others, maintaining an interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, transdisciplinary approach from entrepreneurship and innovation with meaning and social relevance.
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Keivis Quintero Mesa
Jefe de Programa Optometría
Optómetra Especialista en Segmento Anterior y Lentes de Contacto Con una sólida formación académica y especialización en el campo de la optometría, tengo el privilegio de haber obtenido mi título de Optómetra en la Universidad Del Sinú.
Especialización en Segmento Anterior y Lentes de Contacto en la Universidad Santo Tomás Bucaramanga.
Mi compromiso con la excelencia en la práctica optométrica se refleja en mi participación como miembro de la Asociación Internacional de Educadores de Lentes de Contacto (IACLE) y como miembro activo del Colegio FEDOPTO, donde colaboró en el avance y promoción de los más altos estándares de calidad en nuestra profesión.
Además de mi experiencia clínica, se complementa en mi formación con diplomados en Pedagogía y Docencia Universitaria, así como en áreas clave como Cuidado Primario Ocular y Auditoría y Calidad en los Servicios de Salud. Estas me han dotado de habilidades adicionales en la enseñanza y el liderazgo, así como en la gestión efectiva de la calidad en la atención oftalmológica.
- new students
- Reentry and Reimbursement Students
- Estudiantes de Transferencias Externas y Entre Sede
- Estudiantes de transferencias Internas
- Foreign Bachelor
- Formulario de Inscripción firmado y con las fotos pegadas en el lugar correspondiente
- Volante de Inscripción (Descargar en el paso 5 del formulario de inscripción)
- Resultados Examen Saber 11°Icfes
- Copia de Acta de Grado o Diploma de Bachiller o Certificación de estar cursando grado 11°
- Copia documento de identidad legible
- Recibo de servicio público Energía
- Certificado afiliación EPS
- Carné de vacunas Hepatitis B, Varicela, Tétano y Fiebre Amarilla (Aplica para programa de Medicina y Curso de Transición a la Universidad CTU)
- Oficio de la Dirección de Escuela autorizando al aspirante iniciar el proceso
- Formulario de Inscripción firmado y con las fotos pegadas en el lugar correspondiente
- Volante de Inscripción
- Copia documento de identidad legible
- Recibo de servicio público Energía
- Certificado afiliación EPS
- Oficio de la Dirección Académica autorizando al aspirante iniciar el proceso
- Formulario de Inscripción firmado y con las fotos pegadas en el lugar correspondiente
- Volante de Inscripción
- Resultados Examen Saber 11°Icfes
- Copia de Acta de Grado o Diploma de Bachiller
- Copia documento de identidad legible
- Recibo de servicio público Energía
- Certificado afiliación EPS
- Certificado de buena conducta de la Universidad de origen
- Certificado de calificaciones de los semestres cursados
- Contenido programático de las asignaturas aprobadas, detallando créditos académicos, horas teórica y prácticas
- Oficio de la Dirección de Escuela respectiva autorizando al aspirante iniciar el proceso
- Formulario de Inscripción firmado y con las fotos pegadas en el lugar correspondiente
- Volante de Inscripción
- Copia documento de identidad legible
- Recibo de servicio público Energía
- Certificado afiliación EPS
If you obtained a Bachelor's degree abroad; must be validated before the Ministry of National Education of Colombia in the City of Bogotá, and if he presented state exams equivalent to the Tests KNOW 11°(previously called ICFES tests) outside the country, you must present them in Colombia or carry out their respective validation before the ICFES in the city of Bogotá before completing your enrollment process in any of the Undergraduate programs offered by the Universidad del Sinú Seccional Cartagena.
SELECTION PARAMETER:
Interview: 20%
SABER 11 tests: 80%
- CRITICAL READ: 30%
- SOCIAL AND CITIZEN WOMEN: 20%
- NATURAL SCIENCES: 30%
- ENGLISH: 20%
Admission to the program for which you were admitted will be made official by legalizing the Financial Enrollment and Academic Enrollment.
- Financial Enrollment
- Academic Enrollment
- Enrollment Foreigners Admitted
- Refund of the Tuition Value
- If you are admitted to the chosen program, you will be informed at the registered mail in the registration form, the general results can be consulted on the website.
- Enter the registration form on the Platform and in step 5. Print your Registration Form (use Laser Printer)
- Pay at the Bank established in the payment voucher only the corresponding value, meeting the established dates that appear on the payment receipt.
- Después de realizado el pago de la matrícula en el banco asignado, remitir el volante con el sello del banco legible al correo pregradoinscripcionesunisinu@unisinucartagena.edu.co Indicando en el asunto del correo: PROGRAMA Y NOMBRE DEL ESTUDIANTE.
The sole consignment in the established bank does not give the applicant the character of matriculation.
According to the dates established in the Admissions calendar, you must go to the Admissions Office to ratify with your signature the commitment made with the institution to attend the courses enrolled.
As a requirement for signing the Academic Enrollment, you must present the following documents:
As a requirement for signing the Academic Enrollment, you must present the following documents:
- Photocopy of the membership card of the Social Security System in Health, (EPS SISBEN)
- Photocopy of the vaccination card for Hepatitis B, Meningitis and Tetanus, (Faculty of Health Sciences)
- Photocopy of the vaccination card for Hepatitis B, (School of Psychology).
According to the dates established in the Admissions calendar, you must go to the Admissions Office to ratify with your signature the commitment made with the institution to attend the courses enrolled.
As a requirement for signing the Academic Enrollment, the admitted applicant must present the following documents:
As a requirement for signing the Academic Enrollment, the admitted applicant must present the following documents:
- Photocopy of the membership card of the Social Security System in Health, (EPS SISBEN)
- Photocopy of the vaccination card for Hepatitis B, Meningitis and Tetanus, (Faculty of Health Sciences)
- Photocopy of the vaccination card for Hepatitis B, (School of Psychology).
- Valid photocopy of the student visa.
- Photocopy of the passport. Immigration photocopy if you are not a national of Colombia.
Admitted students who have paid the total value of the tuition and decide to withdraw from the university, must inform the corresponding school address in writing, complying with the procedures established by the Registrar's Office within the first 15 business days of starting the academic activities and will be entitled to a refund of the 70% of the value paid for registration; After this date, the student may withdraw and request the cancellation of the semester before the Dean, but will respond to the financial commitment acquired with the University of Sinú.
Generate your payment receipt through the platform Elysa and you can pay in cash, cashier's check and debit or credit card (Visa or Mastercard) at the offices of Western Bank.
You can also finance your studies with the following entities.
