Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre
| Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre | |
|---|---|
| motto | Sanitatis Scientiae |
| founding | 1961 |
| place | Porto Alegre , Brazil |
| Rector | Miriam da Costa Oliveira |
| Students | 1778 (2010) |
| Employee | 342 (2010) |
| including professors | 223 (2010) |
| Website | www.ufcspa.edu.br |
The Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (Portuguese: Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre - UFCSPA for short ) is a Brazilian university in Rio Grande do Sul in the south of the country.
Faculties
The UFCSPA consists of eight faculties:
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Biomedicine
- Faculty of Nutrition
- Faculty of Nursing
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Phoniatrics
- Faculty of Physiotherapy
- Faculty of Psychology
Medical training
The medical training takes place largely in Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre . In 2010 the hospital team consisted of 205 assistant doctors.
Personalities
- Ciro de Quadros (1940–), medical doctor (epidemiology) who contributed significantly to campaigns to eradicate polio in developing countries.
- Moacyr Scliar (1937-2011), physician and writer who was a professor at the university.
Web links
- UFCSPA homepage (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Balanço Social 2010 (PDF; 6.5 MB) ( Memento from March 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
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Coordinates: 30 ° 1 ′ 52.9 ″ S , 51 ° 13 ′ 14.6 ″ W.