Accreditation: Ordinance n. 481, of October 22th, 2019 

Degree: Bachelor’s  

Modality: On-campus  

Shift: full time 

Vacancies: 100 

Total workload: 7,995 hours 

Program duration: 12 semesters 

Minimum: 12 semesters 

Maximum: 20 semesters 

Graduate's competences and skills 

UFCSPA’s graduates are competent general physicians capable of practicing the profession within ethical, humanistic and social responsibility principles. Graduates are trained to seek and interpret the best evidence in medicine and recognize current technologies, integrating them into the practice of their profession in a critical way, always adapting to the context of collaborative and interprofessional strategies. Upon completing the program, UFCSPA graduates are able to practice their profession in a competent, critical and transformative manner at different levels of individual and collective care, and in the context of the Unified Health System (SUS) in force in Brazil, being aware of the socioeconomic reality and politics of the population in which they are inserted. 

Curriculum

Semester

Axis

Course

Workload (hours)

1 and 2

Fundamentals of Medicine

Human Anatomy I

105

Human Anatomy II

105

Biophysics

45

Biochemistry

120

Life Cycle I

45

Cytology and Histology 

120

Embryology

45

Integrative Seminar on Basic Courses

30

Public Health

Introduction to Biostatistics and Research Design

30

Integrative Seminar on Primary Health Care

60

Humanities, Linguistics and Education

Education and Health

30

Reading and Text Interpretation in English I

30

Reading and Text Interpretation in English II

30

Outreach and Extension Methodology

45

 

Mentoring I

15

Mentoring II

15

3 and 4

Fundamentals of Medicine

Life Cycle II

30

General Pharmacology

30

General Physiology

120

Human Genetics

60

Immunology and Immunopathology

60

Medical Microbiology

75

Medical Parasitology and Mycology

60

General Pathology

45

Medical Psychology and Mental Health

45

General Symptomatology I

105

General Symptomatology II

105

Public Health

Epidemiology

60

Scientific Methodology

60

Global Health

30

Public Health and Healthcare Management

60

Humanities, Linguistics and Education

Academic Writing

30

Social Responsibility

45

5 and 6

Fundamentals of Medicine

Clinical Imaging Diagnosis

45

Clinical Pharmacology I

60

Clinical Pathology

60

Surgical Techniques

30

Public Health

Critical Analysis of Evidences

30

Medical Ethics

30

Medical Practice and Ethics

Clinical Specialties I

355

Clinical Specialties II

200

Clinical Specialties III

150

Geriatrics

45

Family Medicine and Community I

90

Oncology and Palliative Care

45

Integrative Seminar on Internal Medicine

30

7 and 8

Fundamentals of Medicine

Clinical Pharmacology II

60

Pathology in Surgical Medicine

45

Medical Practice and Ethics

Surgical Medicine

345

Training First Responders in the Community

30

Clinical Genetics

45

Gynecology

90

Urgent Care Medicine and Trauma Surgery

90

Family Medicine and Community II

60

Intensive Care Medicine and Terminality

60

Legal Medicine and Deontology

60

Obstetrics

90

Otorhinolaryngology and Ophthalmology

90

Pediatrics

240

Integrative Seminar on Surgical Medicine

30

9 and 10

Medical Practice and Ethics and Public Health

Surgical Medicine Internship – General Surgery

160 or 120**

Internal Medicine Internship

160 or 120**

Internal Medicine Internship – Mental Health

160 or 120**

Gynecology and Obstetrics Internship

440

Family Medicine and Community Internship

440

Pediatrics Internship

440

11 and 12

Medical Practice and Ethics and Public Health

Surgical Medicine Internship – Surgical Specialties

320

Surgical Medicine Internship – Urgent Care and Trauma

160

Internal Medicine Internship – Urgent Care

160

Internal Medicine Internship – Internal Specialties

320

Internal Medicine Internship – Intensive Care Medicine

160

Mandatory Internship in Elective Specialty

360

Mandatory Courses

4,365

Elective Courses

90

Extracurricular Activities

300

Internships

3,240

Total Workload

7,995

* Curriculum approved in 2023.

** Workload varies according to the internship chosen by the student and the vacation period (one week).

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