Board of Directors
Margarita Barón Maldonado
Academic Professional Data
| 1968- | Medical Degree. University of Madrid |
| 1971 | Medical Doctorate. Extraordinary Award. University of Madrid |
| 1971-1975 | Different junior teaching positions at the University of Madrid. |
| 1975-1979 | Assistant Professor. Department pf Physiology. Faculty of Medicine. University of Madrid |
| 1979 | Associate Professor. Department of Physiology. Faculty of Medicine. University of Alcalá | 1983 | "Catedráic" (Full Professor) of Physiology. Department of Physiology Faculty of Medicine. University of Alcalá |
| 1985-1990 | Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Alcalá |
| 1990-1994 | Deputy Vice Rector in charge of Departments (Professors) |
| 2000-2002 | Head of Physiology Department. University of Alcalá |
Other Professional Appointments
| 1992-2001 | President of the Sociedad Española de Educación Médica (SEDEM) |
| 1992-2000 | Member of the Advisory Board to the Ministry of Health. |
| 1995-1997 | Director General of the Institute for Medical Education of the General Council of Medical Colleges of Spain |
| 2000-2006 | President of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) |
| 2003 (at present) | Advisor of the Spanish Accreditation System for Continuing Medical Edducation (SEAFORMEC) |
| 2004 (at present) | Advisor of the Spanish Accreditation System for Continuing Medical Edducation (SEAFORMEC) |
| 2005 (at present) | Member of the Erasmus Mundus Project Selection Board (European Union) |
| 2006 | Appointed External Evaluator of the Castilla-León Quality Agency for Higher Education |
| 2007 | Appointed External Evaluator of the Madrid Complutense University for Higher Education |
Scientific Research
Area: Neorphysiology
| 1971 | Doctoral Thesis: Fuctional Organization of the Cerebral Cortex |
| 1972-1973 | Juan March Foundation French Government Postdoctoral Fellowships for electrophysiological training at the "Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique" in Marseilles (France) |
| 1972-1973 | USA Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Institutes of Health. Extended for two years period. The University of Utah. Department of Physiology. Medical College. Salt Lake City Utah USA |
| 1975 | Visiting Professor of the same Department |
| 1982 | Three months stage at the Instituto di Neurofisiologia (Pisa) Italy. |
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS on: Structural and ultrastructural studies on the Cerebral Cortex and the Retina. Electrophysiological studies, intracellular recordings, of neurones and cells of the Carotid Body and the Retina. (See publications).
Scientific Projects financed by external independent agencies.
Medical Education
| 1970 | Member of the Spanish Society for Medical Education. |
| 1992 | Member of the Association for Medical Education in Europe. Executive Committee since 1995 . President from 2000 |
| 2005 | Member of the Erasmus Mundud Selection Board 2005 |
- Member of the Advisory Committee of the Institute for International Medical Education (IIME)
- Member of the Editorial Boards of the scientific journals:
- Medical Education (until 2004)
- Medical Teacher
- Medizinische Ausbildung
- Educación Médica. Referee
- Participation in Meetings and Conferences on Medical Education at a National, European and International level.
- Publications in the field.
- Projects on Medical Education financed by different agencies.
- Member of the External Committee for Accreditation of the Medical School of the Univ. of Chile (2000)
- President of the External Committee for the Evaluation of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona (2001)
- President of the External Committee for the Evaluation of the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (2001)
- Member of the External Committee for the Accreditation of the Medical School of the University of Concepción, Chile. (2001)
- Member of the Evaluation External Committee of five Faculties of Medicine of Portugal (Lisboa, Nova Lisboa, Coimbra, Porto & ICBAS 2003-2004).
- Member of the Evaluation External Committee of the Medical
- Education Master of the Faculty of Medicine. University of Chile (action in 2007)