4 years
Monday to Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
RPC-SO-06-No.130-2023. 09 February 2023
Total cost: $52,000
Tariff: USD $47,273
Tuition: USD $4,727
To be confirmed
Application dates: May 1 to July 14, 2023.
The Maxillofacial Surgery Specialization program has a face-to-face learning modality and an academic period of 4 years. In this program, Maxillofacial Surgery Specialists will have the ability to know, diagnose and treat various pathologies that occur in the region of the mouth, face and neck as well as related craniofacial structures. Theoretical, practical and research activities will be integrated into medical-surgical and odonto-surgical care, which will generate a positive impact to improve the quality of life of the patient to be treated. Postgraduates in Maxillofacial Surgery will be able to form part of a comprehensive team of specialists in different areas of dentistry, likewise, who will be able to exercise their practices in the public and private spheres, carrying out prevention, diagnosis and treatment of different craniofacial anomalies.
Applicant profile
National or foreign professionals living in the country and who have a third-level degree in dentistry registered and legally accredited at SENESCYT, SNIESE and before the health authority. The titles of foreign applicants must be registered in the SNIESE and in the Ministry of Public Health, registering their year of rural dentistry.
Professionals who demonstrate a high spirit of improvement and social responsibility. Their previous academic achievements and their level of involvement in extracurricular, social and community activities will be taken into account.
Advantages
Our program has years of experience and expertise, allowing us to have advantages such as:
- Teachers and students with scientific publications in Q1.
- Teaching staff with high specialization in Maxillofacial Surgery and Professors with Ph.D.
- First-class infrastructure.
- Full-time postgraduate, which guarantees the training of a specialist of quality and excellence at the end of their studies.
- Personalized education, the program maintains an optimal number of students, which allows an education focused on meeting the educational needs of each student.
Occupational field
The Specializations in Dentistry of the San Francisco de Quito University USFQ are designed so that graduates have a high degree of deepening and application in the different Dentistry areas. Our postgraduates will be trained to make a comprehensive diagnosis, prevent, diagnose and treat stomatognathic pathologies in healthy or medically compromised patients.
They will be able to master, manage and lead clinics comprehensively with referral and multidisciplinary work. The program already has years of experience and expertise. 95.6% are successful professionals in their private practice, and 36% hold important positions as teachers, postgraduate heads, and heads of departments in the area of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, which will allow simple incorporation into private practice and in related public institutions. with this discipline.
Our postgraduates stand out for their extensive knowledge and for their leadership in both the practical and research fields.
Requirements
Basic:
Prior to registering for the admission exam, the applicant must send the basic requirements digitally to the e-mail of Santiago Tapia stapia@usfq.edu.ec. If any requirement is missing, you will not be able to participate in the process:
- Third-level degree in Dentistry.
- Registration of the title in the SENESCYT. In the case of third or fourth-level degrees, if applicable, obtained abroad, the applicant must present it duly apostilled or legalized by consular means
- Official transcript of grades containing the overall graduation average, otherwise, also attach the official grade certificate
- Copy of identity card or passport.
- Certificate of approval of the CACES Professional Qualification Exam. (Professionals in free professional practice are excepted, before November 16, 2014.)
- Official certificate of having completed the year of Rural Health of Social Service, issued by the Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador.
- ACCESS Certificate
- Application for Application to USFQ in digital format and pass the USFQ postgraduate admission exam. To do so, refer to the admissions process at: http://www.usfq.edu.ec/admisiones/admisiones_posgrado
Specific:
Send digital documentation to Sebastián Morán's e-mail smoran@usfq.edu.ec
- Publications and/or letters of acceptance of publication in indexed journals.
- Update courses or postgraduate studies
- Teaching assistantship certificate
- Academic merit awards
- Certificate of Scholarships or half scholarships
- Duly documented clinical-surgical care activity that includes work history
Once all the documentation (basic and specific requirements) has been validated, the coordination of the program will summon the applicants to participate in:
- Exam of specific knowledge
- Interview with the admission committee of the program
The review process in "Calendar" (Main Section).
Financing and scholarships
Alumni USFQ have a 10% discount.
Payment Methods:
- Cash, check
- Credit/debit card.
- Educational credit/financial
Credit or debit card: make your payment through our online payment system, accessing from the following link: https://btnpagos.usfq.edu.ec/pagos/
- We accept all national and international cards.
- You can defer your payments with cards issued by: Diners, Discover, Visa Titanium, Banco Pichincha, Banco Guayaquil, Banco Bolivariano, Produbanco and Banco del Austro.
- Payments for semesters or academic periods, up to 9 months without interest.
- Payments per year: up to 12 months without interest.
- Payments for the entire program: deferred without interest for the same duration of the postgraduate program.
- Deferred with Grupo Produbanco-Promérica credit cards for up to 24 months without interest.
- If a longer term is required, we have deferred payments of up to 36 months with interest.
Transfer or deposits: make your deposit or transfer with the following information and load the receipt in the Online Payment System at the link: https://btnpagos.usfq.edu.ec/pagos/
Owner: San Francisco de Quito University USFQ
- RUC: 1791836154001
- Banco Pichincha: Current Account No. 3407330004
- Bolivarian Bank: Current Account No. 5075003350
Other payment options
For more information, you can contact us at the following contact.
Treasury: tesoreria@usfq.edu.ec, (+593) 2 297-1700.
Scholarships
According to the Scholarship Regulations of the postgraduate program, the Specialization in Maxillofacial Surgery will be awarded (1) a scholarship corresponding to 20% of the value of the fee to the applicant who demonstrates academic excellence during the admission process.
The payment dates will coincide with the beginning of each academic period (verify dates in the Academic Calendar of the program).
Testimonials
“My postgraduate experience at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito was very important in my life, not only professional but also personal, since whenever I was motivated to seek professional excellence in the area of surgery through a lot of scientific and practical research From the moment I entered the graduate program, I received a lot of knowledge from excellent professionals, both national and international, since the USFQ seeks the best and most outstanding teachers in the field of medicine. In my current professional life, I am a maxillofacial surgeon and I work in a public hospital where my greatest satisfaction is helping people who need it most, with the surgical treatments I perform, providing a better quality of life to the patients who come to our health home, it was one of the best decisions to do the postgraduate course in the usfq since that helped me to be an excellent professional capable of being at the level of professionals trained in other universities ersities worldwide, thanks to the training I received at usfq, I can promote my knowledge with other students to motivate them to be better pressurers, always with ethics and moral values in the area of health sciences.”
“During the period August 2017 - August 2021, I had the privilege of participating as a full-time resident of the Graduate Program in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the San Francisco de Quito University. During this intense period of study, I was able to lay firm foundations of knowledge in the area of health, especially focused on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and its relationships with other medical and dental specialties.
As the complexity in my preparation progressed, I was able to realize the scope that my specialty could have in conjunction with multidisciplinary management. It is from then on that I look for a way to have greater professional growth in order to become a competent, prepared and responsible specialist. I was fortunate that these intentions were encouraged by who I consider my teachers, professionals, but above all, great human beings who, in addition to training me professionally, helped me understand the human side of the profession. Through his guide I was able to carry out rotations in specialized centers both nationally and internationally. These experiences allowed me to learn about the diagnosis and management of congenital and acquired dentofacial anomalies, treatment of maxillary defects, oral and maxillofacial pathology, oral surgery, facial trauma, management of patients with cleft lip and palate, management of temporomandibular disorders, among other pathologies. I had the opportunity to attend and perform a total of 5,197 surgical procedures; this together with an intense academic activity guided by leading national and international teachers in the area of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery which allowed me to meet my objectives through knowledge and experience to be able to fully develop my profession, it has even allowed me to obtain international recognitions for the academic merits achieved.
Currently I work as a professor in the chair of oral surgery, surgery clinics and anesthesia techniques at my alma mater, the San Francisco de Quito University. In addition, I work as a specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in private practice, being an associate surgeon at various clinics in the city of Quito, also regularly attending centers specialized in the management of patients with cleft lip and palate. This has allowed me to stay active and updated both surgically and academically.
In the future, expectations are high since the bases acquired during my training have generated curiosity and the desire to continue in training and research in order to contribute to the growth of health in our society."
“My personal experience in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Graduate Program at the San Francisco de Quito University has been the most important in my professional activity since I was able to acquire abilities and skills that have allowed me to solve cases of maxillofacial pathology, reconstruction of severe jaw atrophies, rehabilitation of missing teeth with dental implants, surgical resolution of facial fractures. The academic training obtained during the 4 years of education has fostered in me the need to continue studying to continue acquiring new knowledge to stay at the scientific forefront. Having studied at the San Francisco de Quito University has allowed me to obtain knowledge and has facilitated my training as a teacher that I can repay in a solvent way to undergraduate and postgraduate students who have been in my charge during all these years as a specialist. The specialty of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is one of the most complete in the region and we are at the forefront of the country since it has national and international hospital rotations that provide comprehensive training as specialists.”
