Start of activities: 2010
Degree: academic master’s and Ph.D.
Total credits: 24 credits for master’s / 36 credits for Ph.D.
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About the program
Having started in 2010 with an academic master’s degree, the Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences is the only one in this field in Rio Grande do Sul. In 2016, with the expansion of the number of students, the qualification of the faculty, the consolidation of the research lines, and the improvement of infrastructure, it began to offer a Ph.D. degree approved by Capes. Well-balanced, the program’s curriculum allows students to articulate their research project with the courses offered throughout the program.
Graduate profile
The professional holding a master’s or Ph.D. degree in Rehabilitation Sciences will be committed to a performance that is qualified and based on scientific evidence, with a critical and ethical sense, capable of acting as an educator and prepared to investigate issues related to rehabilitation sciences.
Infrastructure
The Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences has several research laboratories located at UFCSPA’s main campus and in the Hospital Complex of Santa Casa de Misericórdia of Porto Alegre. Most of the spaces function as multi-user laboratories, allowing the integration between researchers of different study fields. Examples of research facilities include the Rehabilitation Laboratory and the Functional and Nutritional Assessment Laboratory.
Focus area
Assessment Process and Principles of Rehabilitation Interventions
Research lines
- Principles of Cardiovascular, Pulmonary and Metabolic Rehabilitation: To understand the functional, molecular, biochemical, cellular and systemic responses and adaptations to different therapeutic interventions during the rehabilitation process related to cardiovascular, pulmonary and metabolic systems.
- Principles of Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation: To explore the molecular, biochemical, cellular and systemic processes and adaptations to different therapeutic interventions during the musculoskeletal system rehabilitation process.
- Principles of Neurological Rehabilitation: To study the different aspects of sensory-motor behavior and functional, sensory-motor and cognitive adaptations during the chronic process of diseases, as well as the functional, sensory-motor and cognitive response to different forms of rehabilitation.
Courses
- Research planning (30h - 2 credits)
- Biostatistics (30h - 2 credits)
- Didactics of Higher Education (60h - 4 credits)
- Bases and Advances of Cardiovascular, Pulmonary and Metabolic Rehabilitation (30h - 2 credits)
- Bases and Advances of Neurological Rehabilitation (30h - 2 credits)
- Musculoskeletal Plasticity (30h - 2 credits)
- Clinical Epidemiology (30h - 2 credits)
- Clinical Practice and Teacher Training in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation (60h - 4 credits)
- Clinical Practice and Teacher Training in Neurological Rehabilitation (60h - 4 credits)
- Clinical Practice and Teacher Training in Cardiopulmonary and Metabolic Rehabilitation (60h - 4 credits)
- Biological Signal Processing in Rehabilitation (60h - 4 credits)
- Thesis and Dissertation Seminars (30h - 2 credits)
- Scientific Production (30h - 2 credits)
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Start of activities: 2016
Degree: academic master’s
Total credits: 20 credits
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About the program
The Graduate Program in Psychology and Health was officially approved in December 2015 and begun its activities and student selection on August 2016. Its goal is the qualification of human resources to work in the field of Psychology and its interfaces with health sciences integrating research and psychological knowledge to the principles and process of psychosocial, developmental and biopsychological functioning assessment and intervention.
Graduate profile
Psychology Program graduates will work as researcher-educators that are critical, reflective, creative, ethical and committed to qualified professional actions. They will be able to work as academic and scientific-technological leaders, taking advantage of the potential of research activities for the generation of jobs and resources, as well as for the qualification of their professional practices.
Infrasctructure
In addition to the university’s infrastructure and facilities for theoretical and practical activities, the Psychology and Health Program is provided with laboratories such as the Psychological Assessment Laboratory; NERV - the laboratory of the Virtual Reality Group and the Psychosocial Practices Laboratory. It also has a specific assessments and psychological test library.
Research lines
- Psychosocial processes, health and development: It covers the study of the different psychosocial and developmental processes involved in the health of individuals and groups in different contexts, with focus on public policies and the perspective of health promotion and prevention.
- Assessment and intervention in Psychology: It studies the development, application and validation of instruments for psychological assessment and the study of procedures in different health contexts. It includes development and assessment of methods for psychological intervention in the interface with the health sciences.
Courses
Mandatory Courses
- Research methodology in Psychology - Qualitative (45h - 3 credits)
- Research methodology in Psychology - Quantitative (45h - 3 credits)
- Advanced seminars in interdisciplinary studies I (30h - 2 credits)
- Didactics of higher education (60h - 4 credits)
- Statistics (45h - 3 credits)
- Advanced theory seminar (30h - 2 credits)
Optional Courses
- Advanced seminars in interdisciplinary studies II (30h - 2 credits)
- Thesis seminar I, II, III and IV (30h - 2 credits each, taking 2 credits per semester)
- Advanced theory seminar (30h - 2 credits) - Line 1: Psychosocial processes, health and development, Line 2: Psychological assessment and intervention
- Scientific production and publication in Psychology (30h - 2 credits)
- Welfare assessment methods and predictors of treatment compliance (15h - 1 credit)
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Start of activities: 2016
Degree: academic master’s and Ph.D.
Total credits: 24 credits for master’s / 36 credits for Ph.D.
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About the program
Created in 2016, the Graduate Program in Pediatrics: Child and Adolescent Care is based on the quality of the faculty and on the existing facilities of UFCSPA and the Santo Antônio Children’s Hospital, linked to the Santa Casa de Misericórdia of Porto Alegre. The focus of the program is the training of critical professionals in the field of Pediatrics and related areas, capable to work connecting teaching, research and health care.
Graduate profile
Pediatrics Program graduates will be able to work in centers of excellence, being capable of developing rigorous and articulated scientific research. Throughout the program, students will be encouraged to develop their own training, aligned with a spirit of technological innovation and aimed at improving the quality of life of the population. Graduates will also be able to work in governmental and non-governmental organizations linked to child protection.
Infrastructure
In addition to the vast academic and practical experience of the faculty linked to the program, UFCSPA is also fully integrated with the structure of the pediatric hospital provided by the Santa Casa de Misericórdia of Porto Alegre, located in the same geographic space of the university campus. Students will have access to laboratories of several areas installed in the institution, as well as a statistical and epidemiological research support unit.
Focus area
Pediatrics: development, environment and disease
Reseach lines
- Mental health, development and environment
- Diagnostic methods and epidemiology of diseases
- Prevalent diseases and clinical therapeutics
- Primary health, prevention and health management
Courses
Mandatory Courses
- Epidemiology of diseases in childhood and adolescence (45h - 3 credits)
- Ethics in research (15h - 1 credit)
- Fundamentals of biostatistics (45h - 3 credits)
- Research planning (30h - 2 credits)
- Teaching practice (30h - 2 credits)
- Pediatric research seminars (60h - 4 credits)
Optional Courses
- Congenital anomalies (30h - 2 credits)
- Methodological basis and conceptual structure in pediatric oncology (15h - 1 credit)
- Advanced biostatistics (30h - 2 credits)
- Child and adolescent development (15h - 1 credit)
- Language and developmental disorders in children and adolescents (15h - 1 credit)
- Pediatric infectious diseases: microbiology and health impact (15h - 1 credit)
- Pediatric acute respiratory diseases (15h - 1 credit)
- Pathophysiology of the fetus and the newborn (30h - 2 credits)
- Gastroenterology in pediatrics (30h - 2 credits)
- Hepatology and liver transplantation in pediatrics (30h - 2 credits)
- Informatics applied to health (45h - 3 credits)
- Methods of nutritional diagnosis in pediatrics: advances and limitations (30h - 2 credits)
- Experimental models for use in biomedical research (30h - 2 credits)
- The impact of respiratory diseases on children’s health (15h - 1 credit)
- Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) in pediatrics (30h - 2 credits)
- Evidence-based otorhinolaryngology (30h - 2 credits)
- Clinical research (30h - 2 credits)
- Atmospheric pollution and health (30h - 2 credits)
- Quality of care in pediatrics (15h - 1 credit)
- Physiotherapeutic rehabilitation in childhood chronic illnesses (30h - 2 credits)
- Writing and critical reading of a scientific article (15h - 1 credit)
- Seminars in clinical microbiology (30h - 2 credits)
- Advanced topics in development (15h - 1 credit)
- Advanced topics in research (30h - 2 credits)
- Organ donation and transplantation (30h - 2 credits)
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Start of activities: 1998
Degree: academic master’s and Ph.D.
Total credits: 24 credits for master’s / 36 credits for Ph.D.
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About the program
Originated in the former Federal College Foundation of Medical Sciences of Porto Alegre, the Graduate Program in Pathology began to expand its area of activity and target public in 2004, hosting interdisciplinary projects and bringing together students graduated in various areas of the health and technological development fields. The program also has post-doctoral students from various fields of knowledge linked to Capes’s Postdoctoral National Program, besides the possibility of granting scholarships and opportunities for national and international academic exchanges.
Graduate profile
After completing the Pathology program, the graduate will be able to teach in higher education, contributing to the training of professionals capable of applying scientific knowledge to transform the reality, in addition to independently developing research projects with innovative potential, based on the training of high critical capacity and scientific and technological productivity conferred by the program.
Infrastructure
The program’s students will have at their disposal a wide range of laboratories, such as research laboratories in pathology, cytogenetics, molecular and cell biology, bioinformatics, among others. In addition, UFCSPA provides the necessary IT resources to conduct the studies, giving access to databases, statistical analysis and bibliographic research. The university also offers the support of a research support unit, with statistical, epidemiological and IT consulting services for students.
Focus area
Human and Experimental Pathology
Research line
- Biomarkers
- Genetics
- Neurosciences
- Health-Disease Process
Courses
Master’s
- Seminars in pathology (research projects) (15h - 1 credit)
- Methodology critical assessment and development (15h - 1 credit)
- Teaching practice (30h - 2 credits)
- English proficiency
Ph.D.
- Seminars in pathology (research projects) (15h - 1 credit)
- Methodology critical assessment and development (15h - 1 credit)
- Teaching practice (30h - 2 credits)
- Proficiency in another foreign language
Optional courses
- Biostatistics (45h - 3 credits)
- Principles of cytogenetics (30h - 2 credits)
- Bioethics (30h - 2 credits)
- Reactive species in Human Pathologies (30h - 2 credits)
- Thoracic radiology: assessment of lung diseases (30h - 2 credits)
- Advanced seminars in interdisciplinary studies (45h - 3 credits)
- Introduction to epidemiology (45h - 3 credits)
- Pathologies in pediatric endocrinology (30h - 2 credits)
- Current topics in clinical neuroendocrinology (15h - 1 credit)
- Medical pedagogy and teaching practice (60h - 4 credits)
- Cell signaling and molecular aspects in cancer (45h - 3 credits)
- Multidisciplinary neuroendocrinology (30h - 2 credits)
- Entrepreneurship in health (15h - 1 credit)
- Pathophysiology of ion channels and clinical implications (30h - 2 credits)
- Inflammatory process in the etiology of pathogenesis (30h - 2 credits)
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Start of activities: 2017
Degree: academic master’s
Total credits: 24 credits
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About the program
The program aims to provide training for professionals and researchers with technical and scientific expertise in food and nutrition sciences relating to health, capable of producing knowledge that is solid, innovative, sustained and of interest to the South Region and to Brazil.
Graduate profile
Nutrition Sciences Program graduates will be able and qualified to work in education, research and as a professional in the field, developing activities in the areas of clinical and experimental nutrition; epidemiology; food and nutrition for the promotion, prevention and treatment of human health.
Infrastructure
The program uses all the academic and laboratory infrastructure of UFCSPA needed to carry out the teaching and research activities proposed.
In addition, it has agreements with the following hospitals: Hospital Complex Santa Casa, Conceição Hospital, Cardiology Institute (Porto Alegre) and Heart Hospital (São Paulo).
Focus area
Health, Nutrition and Food
Research lines
- Clinical and Experimental Nutrition: This research line includes clinical and experimental studies on healthy or sick individuals, associated with nutritional interventions, lifestyle and nutritional status. In vitro and animal model studies for nutritional interventions are also comprised.
- Epidemiology and Nutrition: This research line applies principles and methods of epidemiological research in the study of events and problems in health and human nutrition. It focuses on the study of socioeconomic, demographic and behavioral characteristics and the association with cardiometabolic diseases and obesity.
- Food and Nutrition: This research line aims to develop scientific knowledge related to the composition of food and raw materials, traditional and contemporary methods and techniques of food processing that can add value to products and potentiate the effects of food composition in the promotion of health and nutritional aspects of the population.
Courses
Mandatory courses
- Project workshop I (15h - 1 credit)
- Project workshop II (30h - 2 credits)
- Project workshop III (30h - 2 credits)
- Fundamentals of bioethics (15h - 1 credit)
- Seminars on nutrition evidence (30h - 2 credits)
- Food science applied to human health (30h - 2 credits)
- Teaching practice (30h - 2 credits)
Optional courses
- Biostatistics (45h - 3 credits)
- Biosafety Applied to Food and Nutrition (30h - 2 credits)
- Bioactive compounds of foods and implications in human health (45h - 3 credits)
- Product development and food processing (30h - 2 credits)
- Fundamentals of cell and molecular biology, immunonutrition and metabolism (45h - 3 credits)
- Methods of evaluation of food consumption (30h - 2 credits)
- Nutrition in chronic diseases and aging (45h - 3 credits)
- Systematic review (30h - 2 credits)
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Start of activities: 2015
Degree: professional master’s
Total credits: 24 credits
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About the program
The Graduate Program in Nursing is the first professional master’s degree in Nursing created in a federal public institution in Rio Grande do Sul. The program emphasizes a performance of high-level professional qualification, articulating updated knowledge, expertise in scientific methodology and the fields of professional activity. It is expected that the academic and professional training of nurses will allow a transformation in the health and education services provided by them.
Graduate profile
The program aims to train motivated professionals to build new knowledge directed to the implementation of practices focused on innovation and qualification of health care and management in accordance with the principles and public policies of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). Based on the commitment of the program and of the professionals to SUS, the promotion of articulation between academic and professional knowledge is expected, resulting in the qualification of health practices to users on individual and collective levels.
Infrastructure
The Graduate Program in Nursing is provided with various laboratories located at UFCSPA’s main campus and in the Hospital Complex of Santa Casa de Misericórdia of Porto Alegre. The spaces function as multiuser laboratories, where several researchers of the institution can interact using equipment distributed in different areas of the Research Center for Graduate Programs.
Research lines
- Innovative nursing practices and technologies in health care: It proposes to instrumentalize the process of caring, considering its historical, contemporaneous and ethical aspects. It covers the development, use and/or innovation of technological resources and models of the process of caring in the different stages of the life cycle.
- Health care networks and nursing care management: It includes interventions to strengthen networks, the care within the Unified Health System, public policies and nursing care management in different practice scenarios. It comprises interventions for the strengthening of organizational processes and evaluation of health technologies.
Courses
- Contemporary aspects of nursing care (30h - 2 credits)
- Assessment of health technologies (30h - 2 credits)
- Innovation and entrepreneurship in nursing (30h - 2 credits)
- Research and intervention projects in nursing (60h - 4 credits)
- Public policies and management of health and nursing services (30h - 2 credits)
- Health education practices (30h - 2 credits)
- Scientific and technical writing (30h - 2 credits)
- Health care networks and lines of care (15h - 1 credit)
- Project seminars (15h - 1 credit)
- Public health information systems (30h - 2 credits)
- Special topics (15 to 45h - 1 to 3 credits)
- Thesis (90h - 6 credits)
- Extracurricular activities (15 to 45h - 1 to 3 credits)
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Start of activities: 2018
Degree: academic master’s
Total credits: 24 credits
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About the program
The Graduate Program in Information Technology and Healthcare Management aims to train qualified professionals in the areas of management and IT capable of interacting with other disciplines and producing solid scientific knowledge.
Graduate profile
The academic foundation will enable the program graduate to operate critically and reflexively in transformative management and technology actions. Among the focuses of the graduate program is the development of the ability to solve complex problems related to the fields of Computational Modeling and Simulation, Intelligent Systems, and Information and Knowledge Management.
Infrastructure
The program has a support room, research and computer labs, and library, which provide students with dynamic and articulated action in the areas of information technology and health management.
Focus areas
- Intelligent Information Technologies
- Research line: Intelligent Systems and Applications in Health
- It proposes to investigate the use of information technologies in health, seeking the study, development and application of Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Intelligence, and Modeling and Simulation as tools of analysis, operational support and decision-making support in the health area.
- Healthcare Management
- Research line: Information and Knowledge Management in Health
- It proposes to investigate techniques, methods, and standards related to health management, aiming to align the use of technology with the real need of the manager, as well as working with strategic, tactical and operational vision, seeking the mapping of processes as a way of understanding its complexities.
Courses
Common Core Courses
- Advanced topics in information technology and healthcare management (30h - 2 credits)
- Public policies in health informatics (30h - 2 credits)
- Scientific writing (30h - 2 credits)
- Research methodology (30h - 2 credits)
- Information systems for healthcare management (30h - 2 credits)
- Research seminar (30h - 2 credits)
Research line: Intelligent Systems and Applications in Health
- Computational intelligence and machine learning (45h - 3 credits)
- Performance analysis for mobile device applications in health (30h - 2 credits)
Research line: Information and Knowledge Management in Health
- Strategic management (30h - 2 credits)
- Innovation process and intellectual property (30h - 2 credits)
Optional Courses
- Text mining and natural language processing: techniques and applications in the health area (45h - 3 credits)
- Project management (30h - 2 credits)
- Informatics and health indicators (15h - 1 credit)
- Biostatistics (30h - 2 credits)
- Health operations management (30h - 2 credits)
- Management of care and administrative processes (30h - 2 credits)
- Standards in health Informatics (30h - 2 credits)
- Probabilistic models and simulation in health (30h - 2 credits)
- Special advanced topics (30h - 2 credits)
- Health services marketing (30h - 2 credits)
- Evidence-based software engineering (30h - 2 credits)
- Introduction to biomedical signal processing (30h - 2 credits)
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Start of activities: 1993
Degree: academic master’s
Total credits: 18 credits
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About the program
The Graduate Program in Hepatology has a relevant role as a training center for human resources in the research area of hepatology, providing its students with solid training based on scientific publications and in teaching practice. Some of the highlights of the program, the only one in the area in the whole country, are the qualification of the faculty, at national and international levels, the excellence of the works produced, and the integration between undergraduate and graduate studies. The program also stands out for its international research collaborations, which expand scientific knowledge and enhance academic exchange. Additionally, it actively engages in community outreach programs, promoting health education and awareness on liver diseases. The program also regularly organizes scientific events, including congresses and symposiums, such as the "Liver Meeting" held annualy, fostering discussion and knowledge dissemination among professionals and researchers.
Graduate profile
Hepatology Program graduates will be able to develop teaching and research activities in their areas of practice, disseminating the knowledge acquired during the master’s. The graduates are expected to be able to integrate reference centers and producing high-quality knowledge with social relevance.
Infrastructure
The program is provided with a clinical area (both inpatient and outpatient), as well as a range of state-of-the-art laboratories for the development of basic research.
Research lines
- Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition in Hepatology
- Genetic, Molecular and Inflammatory Aspects in Liver and Biliary Tract Diseases
- Translational Research in Hepatology (Oncogenesis and Molecular Biology of Liver Tumors)
- Pathophysiological Mechanisms and Repercussions of Chronic Liver Diseases (Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmacoepidemiology in Hepatology)
Courses
Mandatory courses
- Medical pedagogy and teaching practice (45h - 3 credits)
- Scientific methodology, biostatistics and epidemiology (45h - 3 credits)
- Research seminars (30h - 2 credits)
Courses of the focus area
- Nutritional approach to liver diseases (30h - 2 credits)
- Artificial Intelligence in Hepatology (15h - 1 credit)
- Molecular and cellular basis of portal hypertension and its repercussions (30h - 2 credits)
- Pathophysiology, reperfusion and intervention in sarcopenia (30h - 2 credits)
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Translational Perspectives (15h - 1 credit)
- Immunology in Liver Diseases (15h - 1 credit)
- Liver Inflammation (45h - 3 credits)
- Experimental models in hepatology (45h - 3 credits)
- Pathophysiological bases and therapeutic challenges in end-stage liver disease (30h - 2 credits)
- Pathophysiology of biliary tract diseases (45h - 3 credits)
- Systematic Reviews: theory and practice (15h - credit)
- Topics in hepatology (30h - 2 credits)
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Start of activities: 2002 (master’s) / 2007 (Ph.D.)
Degree: academic master’s and Ph.D.
Total credits: 24 credits for master’s / 36 credits for Ph.D.
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About the program
The Graduate Program in Health Sciences is one of the oldest in operation at the university and aims to develop basic and clinical research in several areas in the field of health, training qualified human resources for teaching in higher education, enhancing research-oriented skills, and stimulating innovation, meeting the professional demands of the market (public and private sectors).
Graduate profile
The Graduate Program in Health Sciences aims to prepare researchers that are committed to the production and sharing of scientific knowledge. Health Sciences Program graduates will be prepared to teach and work in basic and/or clinical research in the fields of mental health, including drug abuse; obesity and diabetes; urological and cardiovascular diseases; maternal and child health; and health and environment. They will be trained on the search for new methods in cell therapy and on innovative practices in laboratory diagnostics, bioactive compounds and health education.
Infrastructure
UFCSPA’s Research Laboratories are multiuser environments, allowing several researchers at the institution to interact by using equipment distributed in different areas of the Research Center for Graduate Programs. The laboratories of Cell Biology; Molecular Biology; Oxidative Stress and Atmospheric Pollution; Pharmacology and Toxicology; Physiology; Cell Culture; Histochemistry and Immunohistochemistry; Pathology; Psychopharmacology; and Genetic Toxicology are available for students’ use. There is also an animal research facility for the exclusive use of the graduate programs, focused on the development of pre-clinical researches.
Research lines
- Preclinical, clinical and laboratory aspects of diseases
- Focus areas involved: Cell and Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Diagnostic Methods, and Clinical and Surgical Therapeutics
- Physiology, Pathophysiology and Rehabilitation
- Focus areas involved: Physiology and Pathogenesis, and Clinical and Surgical Therapeutics
- Pharmacology and Toxicology: health and environment
- Focus areas involved: Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Clinical and Surgical Therapeutics
- Neuroscience, mental health and human development
- Focus areas involved: Epidemiology and Diagnostic Methods, Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Clinical and Surgical Therapeutics
- Genetics, molecular biology and biotechnology
- Focus areas involved: Cell and Molecular Biology
- Epidemiology, education and assessment of health technologies
- Focus areas involved: Epidemiology and Diagnostic Methods, and Clinical and Surgical Therapeutics
Courses
- Biostatistics (45h - 3 credits)
- Bioethics (30h - 2 credits)
- Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology (45h - 3 credits)
- Research Seminars I (15h - 1 credit)
- Research Seminars II (15h - 1 credit)
- Planning research (15h - 1 credit)
- Educational Practice and Teaching in Health (theory and practice) (30h - 2 credits)
- Medical Pedagogy and Teaching Practice (60h - 4 credits)
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Start of activities: 2014
Degree: professional master’s
Total credits: 26 credits
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About the program
The Graduate Program in Health Education seeks to integrate the fields of education and health, aiming to promote the integration of the two areas for the production and dissemination of knowledge, training better-prepared professionals to meet the health needs of the population from the perspective of integral care.
Graduate profile
Health Education Program graduates will be able to act critically, reflectively and with social responsibility, serving as multipliers in the area of Health Education, involving professionals, users and the community, being able to produce and disseminate scientific knowledge on the subject.
Infrastructure
The program has access to all UFCSPA’s academic and laboratory infrastructure to carry out the proposed teaching and research activities. The program also has agreements with the following hospitals: Santa Casa de Misericórdia of Porto Alegre, Conceição Hospital, Cardiology Institute (Porto Alegre) and Heart Hospital (São Paulo).
Focus areas
- Education and Training in Health: It proposes to investigate the processes of education and training in the health area and the educational practices in the different scenarios of the sociocultural context.
- Research line: Curriculum, training, teaching and education in health
- Integration between Education and Health Services in Vocational Training: It proposes to develop the continuous training of health professionals through the articulation of specific knowledge of the health area with the scenario of education set in the context of health services.
- Research line: Integration between University, Health Service and Community
Courses
Common Core Courses
- Interdisciplinarity: health work and education (30h - 2 credits)
- Education and health: the health professional as an educator (30h - 2 credits)
- Scientific writing (30h - 2 credits)
- Research methodology (30h - 2 credits)
- Information and communication technologies in health education (30h - 2 credits)
- Research seminar (30h - 2 credits)
- Practice in health education (30h - 2 credits)
Research line: Curriculum, training, teaching and health education
- Curriculum and active methodologies in health education (30h - 2 credits)
- Education and health education interventions (30h - 2 credits)
Research line: Integration between University, Health Service and Community
- Work management and public health policies (30h - 2 credits)
- Health technologies: scientific evidence for application in practice (30h - 2 credits)
Optional courses
- Social entrepreneurship and innovation in health (30h - 2 credits)
- Health education for violence confrontation (30h - 2 credits)
- Continuing education for integral health care (30h - 2 credits)
- Qualitative Research: Text and Speech Data (30h - 2 credits)
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