Colombia Health Access Mapping
Caracterizar la distribución de la fuerza laboral y la capacidad asistencial de Neurocirugía Pediátrica en Colombia; verificar y geocodificar proveedores y centros; estimar densidades y tiempos de viaje; identificar brechas territoriales; y generar indicadores útiles para planificación, expansión de redes y modernización del sistema de salud.
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Caracterizar la distribución de la fuerza laboral y la capacidad asistencial de Neurocirugía Pediátrica en Colombia; verificar y geocodificar proveedores y centros; estimar densidades y tiempos de viaje; identificar brechas territoriales; y generar indicadores útiles para planificación, expansión de redes y modernización del sistema de salud.
Este proyecto está diseñado para producir evidencia útil para decisiones clínicas, planificación sanitaria o modernización de servicios. La participación combina formación aplicada, trabajo científico verificable y contribución a un manuscrito de nivel publicable.
Estudio transversal de servicios de salud que combina verificación de proveedores/centros, geocodificación, densidad de recursos, datos poblacionales y modelamiento de tiempos de viaje para cuantificar accesibilidad e inequidades.
Registros oficiales, ministerios de salud, sociedades científicas, directorios profesionales, hospitales y fuentes institucionales verificables, complementados con datos poblacionales y redes de transporte.
Participants will conduct structured Colombian provider/facility verification and quality control. • Search official, institutional and professional sources for eligible services/providers. • Verify specialty, institution, municipality and active service status. • Document every included record with a traceable source. • Support geocoding verification and duplicate resolution. • Participate in data-quality audits, interpretation and manuscript drafting.
microscopIA está diseñado para que cada participante avance a su propio ritmo dentro de los plazos del proyecto. El trabajo es principalmente asíncrono y no existe un horario semanal fijo. Se anticipa una dedicación aproximada de 5–7 horas por semana , distribuibles de forma flexible. Las reuniones obligatorias se mantienen al mínimo necesario. Cada equipo puede, bajo un modelo de autogobierno, acordar reuniones más frecuentes si considera que mejoran la coordinación. Lo esencial es cumplir las tareas y fechas límite acordadas con calidad. El modelo busca ser compatible con clases, rotaciones, guardias y responsabilidades profesionales, sin exigir sacrificios innecesarios para participar.
Mapeo de fuerza laboral Verificación de fuentes Accesibilidad geográfica Investigación de sistemas de salud
microscopIA will provide a standardized provider/facility definition, source hierarchy, geocoding protocol, accessibility-analysis framework, quality-control rules and manuscript template. GIS and travel-time analyses will be conducted with methodological supervision from microscopIA.
Expected outputs include a quality-controlled national service directory, geospatial accessibility model, municipality-level equity indicators, publication-quality maps and a manuscript intended for a PubMed-indexed journal.
Manuscrito previsto para envío a una revista indexada en PubMed; preprint cuando sea apropiado.
Abierto a miembros de microscopIA y postulantes externos de cualquier nacionalidad. El idioma de trabajo es español. El conocimiento del sistema de salud colombiano es una ventaja, pero no es requisito de elegibilidad.
Estudiantes, médicos jóvenes y profesionales en etapa temprana interesados en Travel-Time Analysis, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery, con atención al detalle, autonomía y capacidad para cumplir entregables en un entorno de trabajo flexible.
No se exige un certificado específico. La inducción y calibración del proyecto son obligatorias.
microscopIA will cover approved article-processing or publication fees for the anticipated manuscript. Participants will not be required to personally pay approved publication charges. Coverage is subject to the project reaching manuscript quality, compliance with the approved protocol, and submission through the microscopIA research program.
The project is designed to produce a substantive research record and a manuscript intended for submission to a PubMed-indexed journal. Authorship is contribution-based and follows ICMJE criteria: substantial contribution to the work, drafting or critical revision, final approval, and accountability. A preprint will be prepared whenever appropriate. Poster presentation opportunities may be assigned based on project performance and conference fit. Certificates, reference letters and other academic documents remain subject to the applicable microscopIA Membership and Project Terms.
Each participant may declare a maximum of two institutional affiliations. Format: Department, Organization (Hospital, University, Company), City, Country.
Jorge Racedo at microscopIA; Dr. Agamenon Quintero Villarreal at IMAT Oncomédica Auna. Clínico senior o experto temático asignado por microscopIA.
A recruitment opening is not authorization to begin clinical work. Scientific, ethics, and data-access approvals remain project-specific.
Work remotely on agreed tasks with scientific supervision and project-specific training. The project brief confirms eligibility, workload, language, available places and access permissions.
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