Overview of program courses (Curriculum)
Our program courses (subjects) are divided into two groups: Mandatory courses and Elective courses.. Courses are offered at the beginning of every academic semester to students in our Master’s Program, but students from other Master’s and Doctoral Programs (Stricto Sensu) of UFC are welcome to enroll as well.
MANDATORY COURSE:
- INTRODUCTORY SEMINARS TO MASTER PROGRAM IN PHYSIOTHERAPY AND FUNCTIONING (PPGFISIO)
Faculty members in charge: Coordination of PPGFisio
Mandatory Course: Yes
Credit hours: 1
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- SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Faculty members in charge: Rodrigo Oliveira, Pedro Lima, Mário Simim and Rafael Mesquita
Mandatory Course: Yes
Credit hours: 3
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- BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL IN CLINICAL DECISION MAKING AND RESEARCH IN PHYSICAL THERAPY AND FUNCTIONING
Faculty members in charge: Shamyr Sulyvan, Kátia Virgínia and Lidiane Lima
Mandatory Course: Yes
Credit hours: 3
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- BIOSTATISTICS
Faculty members in charge: Pedro Lima, Alexandre Medeiros and Mário Simim
Mandatory Course: Yes
Credit hours: 3
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- ADVANCED RESEARCH SEMINARS
Faculty members in charge: Camila Leite, Fabianna Moraleida, Gabriel Leão and Rafael Mesquita
Mandatory Course: Yes
Credit hours: 2
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- TEACHING INTERNSHIP
Faculty members in charge: Own advisor
Mandatory Course: Yes
Credit hours: 4
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- FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
Faculty members in charge: Own advisor
Mandatory Course: Yes
Credit hours: 1
- QUALIFYING EXAMINATION
Faculty members in charge: Own advisor
Mandatory Course: Yes
Credit hours: 1
- MASTER’S THESIS
Faculty members in charge: Own advisor
Mandatory Course: Yes
Credit hours: 6
ELECTIVE COURSES:
- SCIENTIFIC WRITING AND PUBLISHING
Faculty members in charge: Fabianna Moraleida, Simony Lira, Cintia Botton and Vilena Barros
Mandatory Course: No
Line: 1 and 2
Credit hours: 3
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- PLASTICITY OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
Faculty members in charge: Rodrigo Ribeiro de Oliveira, Márcio Almeida and Gabriel Leão
Mandatory Course: No
Line: 1
Credit hours: 2
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- MUSCULOSKELETAL INSTRUMENTATION AND EVALUATION
Faculty members in charge: Túlio Banja
Mandatory Course: No
Line: 1
Credit hours: 2
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- PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION AND EVALUATION IN THE AGING
PROCESS
Faculty members in charge: Mayle Andrade, Nataly Gurgel, Ana Carla Nunes and Daniela Gardano
Mandatory Course: No
Line: 1
Credit hours: 2
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- EVALUATION AND INTERVENTION IN PELVIC FLOOR FUNCTIONS AND
DYSFUNCTIONS
Faculty members in charge: Simony Lira do Nascimento, Mayle Andrade and Vilena Figueiredo
Mandatory Course: No
Line: 1
Credit hours: 2
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- EVALUATION AND INTERVENTION IN CARDIORESPIRATORY PHYSIOTHERAPY
Faculty members in charge: Camila Leite, Daniela Gardano, Nataly Gurgel, Rafael Mesquita, José Tatmatsu and Magno Formiga
Mandatory Course: No
Line: 2
Credit hours: 4
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- MOTOR CONTROL AND DEVELOPMENT FROM BIRTH TO AGING
Faculty members in charge: Kátia Virginia, Lidiane Lima and Marcela Ferracioli
Mandatory Course: No
Line: 2
Credit hours: 2
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- EVALUATION AND INTERVENTION IN NEUROLOGICAL HEALTH CONDITIONS
Faculty members in charge: Lidiane Lima
Mandatory Course: No
Line: 2
Credit hours: 2
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- THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MOTOR INTERVENTION
Faculty members in charge: Marcela de Castro Ferracioli
Mandatory Course: No
Line: 2
Credit hours: 2
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- TRAINING EVALUATION AND CONTROL
Faculty members in charge: Alexandre Medeiros
Mandatory Course: No
Line: 1
Credit hours: 2
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- EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Faculty members in charge: Coordination of PPGFisio
Mandatory Course: No
Line: 1 and 2
Credit hours: 2
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- EVALUATION AND INTERVENTION IN ADAPTED AND PARALYMPIC SPORTS
Faculty members in charge: Mário Antônio de Moura Simim
Mandatory Course: No
Line: 1
Credit hours: 2
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- STRENGTH TRAINING AND HEALTH SEMINARS
Faculty members in charge: Cíntia Botton, Ana Carla Nunes, Daniela Gardano and Lidiane Lima
Mandatory Course: No
Line: 1 and 2
Credit hours: 2
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- INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META-ANALYSIS OF INTERVENTIONS
Faculty members in charge: Magno Formiga and Rafael Mesquita
Mandatory Course: No
Line: 1 and 2
Credit hours: 1
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- HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICS AND SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY
Faculty members in charge: Camila Leite
Mandatory Course: No
Line: 1
Credit hours: 1
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- CONCEPTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN HUMAN HEALTH
Faculty members in charge: José Carlos Tatmatsu and Vilena Figueiredo
Mandatory Course: No
Line: 1 and 2
Credit hours: 2
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