During the first week of this coming October, the city of Toledo will become a centre of great interest regarding American and European Nursing Education, with the celebration of the 9th Biannual Iberoamerican Conference on Nursing Education and the 1st Latin American-European Meeting.
This event has been organized by ALADEFE (Latin American Association of Schools and Colleges of Nursing) and the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Toledo campus).
This will be the first time that an event of like calibre takes place outside the American Region and as such, establishes itself as a significant occasion for future European and American professionals in Nursing education and practice, permitting a shared analysis of various factors common to all. It will afford opportunities to discuss those education options better suited to contemporary world scenarios, and to stimulate ooperative networking between applicable persons and Institutions.
We sincerely wish to extend an invitation to all professionals of Nursing and to those in allied disciplines who are interested in this very important subject: the training and education of healthcare workers, especially nursing personnel.
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LOCATION AND SECRETARY:
TECHNOLOGICAL CAMPUS
“ANTIGUA FÁBRICA DE ARMAS, TOLEDO”
UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA.
MAIN ENTRANCE, BUILDING “SABATINI” |
Latin American Association of Schools and Colleges of Nursing (Asociación Latinoamericana de Escuelas y Facultades de Enfermería, ALADEFE) www.aladefe.org
This is an international, non-governmental Institution founded in La Habana City (Cuba) on October 1986, and is supported by the Latin American Unions of Universities (UDUAL).
ALADEFE is an Association promoting cooperation and study (as established by Articles 32 and 34 of the UDUAL Statute) of the shared and common interests and aims related to healthcare needs of people. As such, it provides means:
- To consider the historical and social role of the Nursing profession and its involvement in the development of healthcare in countries located in the Latin American region.
- To identify those critical situations which must be overcome within the profession itself.
- To seek technical cooperation among developed countries in order to achieve higher standards in the practice of Nursing, and to promote educational development and greater expertise in Latin American Nursing through the diffusion of experiences in professional practice training.
This Ibero-american Conference on Nursing Education (including Spain and Portugal) has been organized and given biannually since 1997, following the establishment of the European Union.
The actual Council of ALADEFE is:
- President. Alicia Reyes, Universidad de Chile.
- General Secretary. Severino Rubio, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
- Substitute General Secretary. Rosa María Nájera, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Xochimilco. México D.F.
- Treasurer. Guadalupe Martínez, Universidad de Nuevo León. México.
The University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Spain www.uclm.es
This Regional and Public University has offered a broad range of coursework in Nursing Education since its inception. It currently boasts four University Schools of Nursing, one on each campus (Toledo, Ciudad Real, Albacete and Cuenca), and actively participates in international collaborative initiatives between Europe and America. The Toledo campus, in particular, is now site of the European Vice-Presidency of ALADEFE.
The University of Castilla La Mancha´s Campus of Technology, situated in the city´s historic Arms Factory
(Fábrica de Armas).
TOLEDO
The city of Toledo, with more than two thousands years of history, was officially recognized as a World Heritage City by UNESCO in 1987. It has the particularity of being the melting pot of three distinct cultures: Muslim, Christian and Jewish, in which aspects of each period and culture still coexist and form a small but rich example of Spanish history.
From its origins as Celtiberian city, important Roman metropolis and capital of the Visigoth kingdom, it became a cultural centre in the XII and XIII centuries, wellspring of the Mudejar style, centre of the Spanish Empire under Charles I and place where El Greco found inspiration. Each and every one of these periods with its cultural influence and tolerant population has made the city of Toledo a monument in which Visigoth and Muslim ruins, palaces, monasteries and synagogues intermingle. For this reason, Toledo has achieved the epithet of Museum City.
Geographical and climatological information
Toledo is capital of the Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha. It is situated 529 m above sea level, on the Castilian plateau, practically in the middle of the Iberian Peninsula, 70 km from Madrid, and can be reached by highway and high-speed train.
It currently has a population of 70,000 inhabitants. The climate is Mediterranean with continental tendencies, a mean temperature of 20ºC in October and infrequent precipitation.
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