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Buenos Aires National Academy Of Medicine
The Buenos Aires National Academy of Medicine is an Argentine non-profit organization and learned society. Overview The National Academy of Medicine is the oldest medical Academy in Argentina and was founded in Buenos Aires in 1822, coinciding with the establishment of the University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine. Its establishment was an initiative of Bernardino Rivadavia, Minister of Government and Foreign Relations for Buenos Aires Province Governor Martín Rodríguez. The academy coordinates research and is consulted on medical matters by government departments, judges, public health officials, and the media. The academy hosts lectures and fosters close contact with national and foreign Academies, and with medical and scientific institutions promoting research. Basic and clinical research projects are coordinated and financed by the Academy in three institutes: the Mariano Castex Institute of Hematology (the largest and best known), and the institutes of Epidemiology a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Learned Society
A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an discipline (academia), academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and science. Membership may be open to all, may require possession of some qualification, or may be an honour conferred by election. Most learned societies are non-profit organizations, and many are professional associations. Their activities typically include holding regular academic conference, conferences for the presentation and discussion of new research results and publishing or sponsoring academic journals in their discipline. Some also act as Professional association, professional bodies, regulating the activities of their members in the public interest or the collective interest of the membership. History Some of the oldest learned societies are the Académie des Jeux floraux (founded 1323), the Sodalitas Litterarum Vistulana (founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
