Un currículo basado en competencias se acerca a la realidad del futuro desempeño ocupacional, otorgándole atingencia y reduciendo el riesgo de obsolescencia, es por ello que la responsabilidad social es una competencia genérica que se debiera incluir. En este contexto, la Universidad de Valparaíso se ha comprometido a incorporarla dentro del perfil de egreso de sus carreras. A través del proyecto “Formación de Profesionales con Valores, Actitudes y Comportamientos necesarios para ejercer la Responsabilidad Social” capacitó a académicos de diversas carreras, en el diseño de estrategias de enseñanza-aprendizaje y evaluación de valores y principios ligados a esta competencia. También anexó a sus estudiantes al aprendizaje del ejercicio de la responsabilidad social. En Química y Farmacia, los docentes hicieron un análisis y una propuesta del perfil de egreso, establecieron conductas socialmente responsables para el profesional a formar y reformularon sus programas de asignatura. Paralelamente, los estudiantes definieron las acciones que les permitirán incorporarse a la sociedad, y establecieron los compromisos relacionados con su responsabilidad social. Con la incorporación de la Responsabilidad Social Universitaria al currículo de la carrera de Farmacia se pretende formar personas que desde su rol profesional estén comprometidos con el desarrollo del país y realicen un aporte a la sociedad.

The goal of a competency-based curricula is to bring the students closer to the reality of his or her professional field. As a result, relevancy is increased and obsolescence is decreased. Thus, social responsibility is a generic competence that should be included in all curricula. The University of Valparaíso is comitted to include social responsibility within the profiles of its programs. It has developed the project “Education for Professionals with values, attitudes and behavior necessary to exercise Social Responsibility”, through which faculty members of different programs have been trained in the design of teachinglearning strategies and in the evaluation of values and principles which support this competence. Additionally, students have been taught to practice social responsibility. In the Chemistry and Pharmacy program, faculty members analyzed the status of the program and elaborated an exit profile, stablished socially responsible behaviors which the future professionals should possess and reformulated their class contents. At the same time, the students defined the actions that will allow their incorporation into society and stablished the levels of commitment to their social responsability. The inclusion of Social Responsability into the Chemistry and Pharmacy curricula will have as a result the education of people who will be comitted to the development of the country and contribute to society through their professional context.