Academic conferences held in Chile and Dominican Republic

The III National Congress of Speech-Language Pathology, organized by the Chilean Society of Speech-Language Pathology (SOCHIFO) and Universidad San Sebastián (USS) Valdivia, took place from October 22 to 24. The event, themed “Disciplinary innovation and technologies throughout the life course,” hosted over 200 participants and featured more than 80 presentations, including workshops, symposia, and conferences.

In Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, the Faculty of Life Sciences from Universidad Andrés Bello (UNAB) participated in the IV Latin American and Caribbean Congress of SoTL (LatinSoTL 2026). The faculty presented 17 works focused on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), addressing challenges in higher education. Notable research included a study on the use of generative artificial intelligence in medical physiology education, utilizing reflective logs to evaluate how students use AI to analyze clinical cases.