[Andrés Bello and medical education]

Andrés Bello, a Venezuelan intellectual arrived in Chile in 1829. He had a decisive influence on the development of natural sciences and medical sciences in this country. The first formal teaching program in Medicine appeared in 1833, with few students due to the low social prestige of Medicine at that time. The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile was created in 1842, when Andrés Bello was its first Rector.