Qualification awarded (in original language)

Formação de Pós-Graduação em Cuidados Paliativos

Level of qualification

Professional qualification.

Admission requirements

Holders of a bachelor degree or equivalent in Health, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Business Sciences;
Holders of a foreign academic degree conferred following a 1st cycle of studies, organized according to the Bologna model for an adherent State to this process;
Holders of a foreign academic bachelor degree that is recognized as suitable to the objectives of a bachelor degree by the Scientific Council in each school;
Holders of an academic, scientific and / or professional curriculum that is recognized as attesting the ability to attend the course, by the Technical and Scientific.

Recognition of prior learning

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Qualification requirements and regulations

60 ECTS. 2 semesters. 1 credit (ECTS) corresponds to 27 hours.
The holders of this course are allowed to develop an expertise Professional activity.

Profile of the programme

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 Health sciences

Key learning outcomes

At the end of the postgraduate course in palliative care, the student should be able to:
- Understand the importance of the values, principles and philosophy of palliative care, applying them to the level of practice and care management.
- Develop the sense of ethical-critical reflection and decision making in face of complex issues frequent in palliative care.
- Identify the main principles of symptom control and monitoring in palliative care.
- Develop skills in the implementation of an interdisciplinary care plan, directed to the person and the family in palliative care.
- Develop skills within the pillars of action in palliative care: communication in health, teamwork, symptom control and family support in grief.
- To develop research skills oriented to the specificities and limits of research in palliative care.

Occupational profiles of graduates

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Access to further studies

The course allows the students to continue to the 2nd and 3rd cycles according to the diagram of Portuguese Higher Education System.

Graduation requirements

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Examination regulations, assessment and grading

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Mode of study

Full-time.

Programme director

Maria Jose Almendra Rodrigues Gomes (

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Scientific areas of the study plan

Scientific Area	Acronym	ECTS Credits
		Compulsory	Optional
Health Sciences	HS	55.0	0.0
Social and Behavioural Sciences	SBS	5.0	0.0
Total		60.0	0.0

Course structure

Year	Sem	Type	Code	Course Unit	Scientific Area	ECTS Credits
1	1	Semestral	5037-794-1101-00-23	Palliative Care; Organization of services and team work	HS	6.0
1	1	Semestral	5037-794-1102-00-23	Therapeutic relationship in Palliative Care	HS	6.0
1	1	Semestral	5037-794-1103-00-23	Spirituality, family care and bereavement support in Palliative Care	HS	6.0
1	1	Semestral	5037-794-1104-00-23	Paediatric Palliative Care	HS	6.0
1	1	Semestral	5037-794-1105-00-23	Applied Research in Palliative Care	HS	6.0
1	2	Semestral	5037-794-1201-00-23	Bioethics applied to Palliative Care	SBS	5.0
1	2	Semestral	5037-794-1202-00-23	Symptom control in Palliative Care	HS	10.0
1	2	Semestral	5037-794-1203-00-23	Internship in Palliative Care Units or project work	HS	15.0

Accreditation/Register

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