Faculty of Medicine of Sorocaba
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The School of Medicine of Sorocaba belongs to the Faculty of Medical Sciences and Health (FCMS) of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, which is the unit of PUC-SP dedicated to teaching and research in health. The FCMS has three courses: Medicine, Nursing and Sciences. It is located in the city of Sorocaba
(90 km from the capital) which has a population estimated by the IBGE (2009) of 584.313 inhabitants.
The inauguration of the hospital school occurred on January 6, 1951. At that time there were 13 medical schools in Brazil, two in the state of São Paulo: USP 1913 and School of Medicine, 1933. Therefore, Sorocaba was the third operation in the state.
The history faculty has been documented by Dr. Hely Felisberto Carneiro in 248 pages of his book "The Medical School of Sorocaba and 50 years of its history" which is available for loan and consultation in the Library of PUC and for sale at bookstore campus (MedShop).
Practical activities are carried out in municipal health, Health Center-School (UBS) in General and Specialty Clinic and Hospital Complex of Sorocaba (CHS) consists of three hospitals within the campus Hospital Santa Lucinda of PUC-SP with 150 beds and Regional Hospitals and Leonor Mendes de Barros with 495 beds, both of state
) where they are made of highly complex medical procedures like bariatric surgery, kidney transplant and cornea.
Hospital Santa Lucinda was donated to the PUC-SP in 1950 by the President of Votorantim Group
then (José de Moraes Ermírio) and years after it was built by the State Government Regional Hospital Sorocaba and Hospital Leonor Mendes de Barros (initially only for tuberculosis). Under an agreement of more than four decades with the state PUC students have free access to Regional Hospitals and Leonor Mendes de Barros.
The CHS is responsible for servicing the tertiary level of 48 municipalities in southwest São Paulo with a population of over 3 million inhabitants. Reference state is the treatment of burns and in 2009 was invested over five million Real to new motherhood. The best scientific work in 2009 in the area of burns, according to the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery, was coordinated by medical Hamilton Aleardo Gonella and held at CHS. For a year, Gonella's team researched the application of dressings with nanocrystalline silver. The technique, tested in five patients of CHS, had positive results, expanding the range of dressing change which reduces the patient's suffering and costs in hospital care. The Plastic Surgery Service CHS has 34 awards for scientific work in various areas. About burns, are at least ten.
The Ambulatory Surgery Hernia model is, several training sessions are conducted for surgeons throughout the country. Sorocaba is a technique performed the cut is between 2 and 2.5 cm, smaller than the procedures used elsewhere.
PUC-SP is one of the colleges with the most seats in medical residency, there are 54 vacancies for access (120 scholarships totaling accredited) in 19 specialties and over 39 waves of access to expertise / Internship in 20 specialties. The services were most competitive in 2009 Plastic Surgery (29 candidates per seat), General Surgery (24 w / v) and Medicine (24 w / v).
The Ministry of Education of Brazil has followed the global trend of adopting the methodology Problem-based learning (PBL) by programs such as ProMED (Program of Incentives to Change Curriculum of Medical Schools) and Pro-Health (National Programme for Re-Training Health) which costs the transition to the new curriculum at the PUC in federal government investment of $ 1.3 million in new classrooms, laboratories, materials, books. Many colleges have enrolled in these programs but few were selected.
Of the 185 courses that have submitted proposals to the Pro-Health, only 90 (38 medical, 27 nursing and 25 dental) were chosen by the program. The PUC was one of 38 medical schools selected for the Pro-Health.
Sorocaba. Another alternative is an internship in French hospitals such as Saint-Philibert Saint Vincent and the Faculté Libre de Médecine of the Université Catholique de Lille
and the Grupo Hospitalar Pitié-Salpêtrière (Paris).
Thanks to the Convention Foreign Ministry, African students every year (with priority given to Portuguese-speaking nations) come to Brazil to attend Medicine at PUC-SP. In recent years, undergraduates have been received Angola
, Cape Verde
, Mozambique
, Ghana
etc. Throughout the university, 62 scholarships are borne fully by the PUC-SP, which add to those from other Brazilian universities.
The PUC-SP is the 4th power of Brazil (behind the USP
, UNIFESP and Santa Casa) with the largest number of alumni in today's clinical Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (over UNESP
, Campinas
, USP-Ribeirão), 27 are graduates of the PUC-Sorocaba (5% of 534 physicians HIAE).
In the article in the Journal of Einstein: "When you analyze the institutions where the professionals have completed your degree, there is little representation of public schools in São Paulo (UNESP
, UNICAMP, USP-Ribeirão), all recognized as offering high-quality education. A study by Dr. Maria Helena Machado, 2001, on the profile of Brazilian physician, showed that over 70% of graduates of Colleges Screen exert their activities within, which certainly brings an explanation for our results. Moreover, this same work, it is shown that only 47% of graduates from the Faculty of Medicine, PUC-SP (Sorocaba) remain in interior, which, in addition to the tradition of over five decades from the College, helps us to better interpret the results of this study. "
Sorocaba
Sorocaba is a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Sorocaba is the fourth largest city in the state of São Paulo. Outside the Greater São Paulo region, it ranks behind only Campinas, Sao Jose dos Campos and Ribeirão Preto...
(90 km from the capital) which has a population estimated by the IBGE (2009) of 584.313 inhabitants.
History
The Faculty of Medicine of Sorocaba was founded on December 8, 1949. However, the idea and the preparations took place well before. More precisely in 1947, when Dr. Gualberto Moreira was elected mayor. At that time, the mayor of Sorocaba had at hand all the tools available to found several colleges, especially a medical school, Sorocaba turning of Manchester Paulista in "City of Schools".The inauguration of the hospital school occurred on January 6, 1951. At that time there were 13 medical schools in Brazil, two in the state of São Paulo: USP 1913 and School of Medicine, 1933. Therefore, Sorocaba was the third operation in the state.
The history faculty has been documented by Dr. Hely Felisberto Carneiro in 248 pages of his book "The Medical School of Sorocaba and 50 years of its history" which is available for loan and consultation in the Library of PUC and for sale at bookstore campus (MedShop).
Structure
The campus offers laboratories in the areas of Anatomy, Biology, Histology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Parasitology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Surgical Techniques, Informatics, Imaging, Procedures, and a laboratory for morphological and functional support activities to various modules.Practical activities are carried out in municipal health, Health Center-School (UBS) in General and Specialty Clinic and Hospital Complex of Sorocaba (CHS) consists of three hospitals within the campus Hospital Santa Lucinda of PUC-SP with 150 beds and Regional Hospitals and Leonor Mendes de Barros with 495 beds, both of state
State (polity)
A state is an organized political community, living under a government. States may be sovereign and may enjoy a monopoly on the legal initiation of force and are not dependent on, or subject to any other power or state. Many states are federated states which participate in a federal union...
) where they are made of highly complex medical procedures like bariatric surgery, kidney transplant and cornea.
Hospital Santa Lucinda was donated to the PUC-SP in 1950 by the President of Votorantim Group
Votorantim Group
Votorantim Group is one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Latin America, operating in various sectors such as finance, energy, siderurgy, steel, pulp and paper among others...
then (José de Moraes Ermírio) and years after it was built by the State Government Regional Hospital Sorocaba and Hospital Leonor Mendes de Barros (initially only for tuberculosis). Under an agreement of more than four decades with the state PUC students have free access to Regional Hospitals and Leonor Mendes de Barros.
The CHS is responsible for servicing the tertiary level of 48 municipalities in southwest São Paulo with a population of over 3 million inhabitants. Reference state is the treatment of burns and in 2009 was invested over five million Real to new motherhood. The best scientific work in 2009 in the area of burns, according to the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery, was coordinated by medical Hamilton Aleardo Gonella and held at CHS. For a year, Gonella's team researched the application of dressings with nanocrystalline silver. The technique, tested in five patients of CHS, had positive results, expanding the range of dressing change which reduces the patient's suffering and costs in hospital care. The Plastic Surgery Service CHS has 34 awards for scientific work in various areas. About burns, are at least ten.
The Ambulatory Surgery Hernia model is, several training sessions are conducted for surgeons throughout the country. Sorocaba is a technique performed the cut is between 2 and 2.5 cm, smaller than the procedures used elsewhere.
PUC-SP is one of the colleges with the most seats in medical residency, there are 54 vacancies for access (120 scholarships totaling accredited) in 19 specialties and over 39 waves of access to expertise / Internship in 20 specialties. The services were most competitive in 2009 Plastic Surgery (29 candidates per seat), General Surgery (24 w / v) and Medicine (24 w / v).
Curricular Reform
The system adopted is the Joint (PBL + Traditional). PBL is not as pure as there are classes in the traditional method that are called supports practical and theoretical. Thanks to the new curriculum and its social work on the periphery of Sorocaba, PUC won the Brazil Health, One of the most important medical area in the country created 15 years ago and recognized internationally, Brazil Health Project is based on the premise of communication ethics and social responsibility in education programs in health, environment and citizenship.The Ministry of Education of Brazil has followed the global trend of adopting the methodology Problem-based learning (PBL) by programs such as ProMED (Program of Incentives to Change Curriculum of Medical Schools) and Pro-Health (National Programme for Re-Training Health) which costs the transition to the new curriculum at the PUC in federal government investment of $ 1.3 million in new classrooms, laboratories, materials, books. Many colleges have enrolled in these programs but few were selected.
Of the 185 courses that have submitted proposals to the Pro-Health, only 90 (38 medical, 27 nursing and 25 dental) were chosen by the program. The PUC was one of 38 medical schools selected for the Pro-Health.
Exchanges
Fifth year students can choose which hospital will perform the internship mandatory, also known as stage elective. These students can choose from renowned hospitals such as Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Emilio Ribas Hospital, and UnimedUNIMED
União and Médicos is a Brazilian medical work cooperative and health plan operator. It is considered the largest of its kind in the world, with more than 105,000 affiliated physicians, 386 branches and more than 15 million beneficiaries...
Sorocaba. Another alternative is an internship in French hospitals such as Saint-Philibert Saint Vincent and the Faculté Libre de Médecine of the Université Catholique de Lille
Lille
Lille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...
and the Grupo Hospitalar Pitié-Salpêtrière (Paris).
Thanks to the Convention Foreign Ministry, African students every year (with priority given to Portuguese-speaking nations) come to Brazil to attend Medicine at PUC-SP. In recent years, undergraduates have been received Angola
Angola
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, Cape Verde
Cape Verde
The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...
, Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
, Ghana
Ghana
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etc. Throughout the university, 62 scholarships are borne fully by the PUC-SP, which add to those from other Brazilian universities.
External reviews
The Concept Preliminary course consists of 40% over the average of the course and institution in Enade 30% on the knowledge gained by students throughout the course, be measured by tests at the beginning and end of the course, and 30% based on the titles of teachers, as doctoral and masters, and the infrastructure of the institution. According to the Student Guide (3 stars), the Medical School of Sorocaba is among the top 18 medical schools in Brazil from 178 existing ones.The PUC-SP is the 4th power of Brazil (behind the USP
University of São Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian university and one of the country's most prestigious...
, UNIFESP and Santa Casa) with the largest number of alumni in today's clinical Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (over UNESP
Unesp
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho is one of the six public universities of the Brazilian state of São Paulo, with USP, UFABC, UNIFESP, UFSCar and UNICAMP. It's a part of the state’s higher education system.UNESP has a combined student body of almost 40,000 spread among its 23...
, Campinas
Campinas
Campinas is a city and municipality located in the coastal interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. is the administrative center of the meso-region of the same name, with 3,783,597 inhabitants as of the 2010 Census, consisting of 49 cities....
, USP-Ribeirão), 27 are graduates of the PUC-Sorocaba (5% of 534 physicians HIAE).
In the article in the Journal of Einstein: "When you analyze the institutions where the professionals have completed your degree, there is little representation of public schools in São Paulo (UNESP
Unesp
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho is one of the six public universities of the Brazilian state of São Paulo, with USP, UFABC, UNIFESP, UFSCar and UNICAMP. It's a part of the state’s higher education system.UNESP has a combined student body of almost 40,000 spread among its 23...
, UNICAMP, USP-Ribeirão), all recognized as offering high-quality education. A study by Dr. Maria Helena Machado, 2001, on the profile of Brazilian physician, showed that over 70% of graduates of Colleges Screen exert their activities within, which certainly brings an explanation for our results. Moreover, this same work, it is shown that only 47% of graduates from the Faculty of Medicine, PUC-SP (Sorocaba) remain in interior, which, in addition to the tradition of over five decades from the College, helps us to better interpret the results of this study. "
Renowned Professors (acting)
- Bussâmara Neme - Author of Obstetrics Care. Full Professor, USP. Emeritus Professor at USP and Unicamp. Professor of Obstetrics and PUC Campinas.
- Joseph Ben-Hur Ferraz Neto Escobar - In 2009 was appointed by the ranking of the annual "Health Analysis," as one of the most admired by fellow Brazilians in their specialty. Full Professor, USP. It is responsible for Organ Transplant Program of the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. Editor of the Journal of Einstein, the Brazilian Journal of Transplantation, Brazilian Archives of Gastroenterology and Digestive Brazilian Archives of Surgery. Professor of Digestive Surgery.
- Edie Benedito Caetano - In 2009 was nominated for the annual ranking of "Analysis-Health" as one of the most admired by colleagues in Brazil their specialty. Associate Professor PUC. Author of dozens of papers on anatomy and Microsurgery, Upper Limb. Editor of Acta Orthop Brasileira. Professor of Orthopaedics and Traumatology.
- José Eduardo Martinez - In 2009 was appointed by the ranking of the yearbook "Analysis-Health" as one of the most admired by fellow Brazilians in their specialty. Doctor UNIFESP. He conducts research in the area of Chronic Pain. Reviewer of the Journal of Rheumatology, Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain and Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology. Professor of Rheumatology at PUC.
- José Carlos Rossini Iglézias - Full Professor of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, USP and PUC-SP.
- Fernando Antonio de Almeida - Post-doctorate at Cornell University Medical College (New York) USA. Consultor ad-hoc CNPq. Editor São Paulo Medical Journal, Journal of the Brazilian Journal of Hypertension and Nephrology. Professor of Nephrology.
- Gilberto Santos Novaes - Doctor USP. Reviewer of the Journal of Rheumatology. Professor of Rheumatology.
- Marcos Vinicius da Silva - PhD at USP. Medical Institute Emilio Ribas. Professor of Infectious Diseases.
- Maria Carolina Loureiro - Masters in Neuroscience from the Université de Paris-Sud XI and the USP. Professional Master in International Neurovascular Disease obtained at the Université de Paris-Sud XI. Specialization in Interventional Neuroradiology at the Fondation Rothschild, Paris, France (Prof. Service. Jacques Moret) 2005-2009. Professor of Neurology.
- Reinaldo José Gianini - Postdoctoral Fellow at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Researcher at FMUSP. Reviewer of the Journal of the Pan American Health Professor of Preventive Medicine.
- Julio Cesar Martinez - Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology of UNIFESP and PUC.
- Maria Beatriz Marcondes Macedo Montaño - UNIFESP PhD, Coordinator of the Geriatric Clinic of UNIFESP and Professor at the PUC.
- Cibele Isaac Saad Rodrigues - Professor, UNIFESP. Coordinator of the Department of Hypertension of the Brazilian Society of Nephrology. Reviewer of the Brazilian Journal of Nephrology. Professor of Nephrology.
- Ana Angélica Bulcão Portela Lindoso - Ph.D., USP. Medical Institute of Infectious Diseases Emilio Ribas Infectious Diseases and Professor at the PUC.
- Vincent Spinola Dias Neto - Vice-President of the Iberoamerican Academy of Geriatrics y Gerontology.
Notable alumni
- Mark Boulos - Director of the Faculty of Medicine, USP. Tenured Professor, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases of the FMUSP.
- Joseph Ben-Hur Ferraz Neto Escobar - Head of the Organ Transplant Program of the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. In 2009 was appointed by the ranking of the annual "Health Analysis," as one of the most admired by colleagues in their specialty.
- Albertina Duarte Takeuti - Professor and Head of the Adolescent Gynecology from the FMUSP. Coordinator of the Adolescent Health Program of Ministry of Health of São Paulo. Advisor to the WHOWhoWho may refer to:* Who , an English-language pronoun* who , a Unix command* Who?, one of the Five Ws in journalism- Art and entertainment :* Who? , a 1958 novel by Algis Budrys...
and the Pan American Health Organization for the field of Adolescence. - Henri Friedhofer - Supervisor of the Division of Plastic Surgery and Burns HCFMUSP. Professor of Postgraduate Sensu Strictu (Masters and PhD) in Surgery of the FMUSP. Director of the Section of Plastic Surgery Paulista Brazilian College of Surgeons. Emergency Team Leader in Plastic Surgery Emergency Department Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein.
- Diltor Vladimir Araujo Opromolla - Emeritus Researcher of the Lauro de Souza Lima, Bauru, USP and PhD. In 2004, he received tribute from the Ministry of Health for their contributions to the country and the world for the discovery of a cure for leprosy.
- Angelo Scuderi - President of Union Internationale de Phlebologie (UIP).
- José Renan Queiroz Guimarães - Medical Oncologist, Hospital Beneficence Portuguese of São Paulo. Author of the Manual of Oncology.
- Ari Timerman - President SOCESP (Society of Cardiology in São Paulo State). Head of the Section of Emergency Institute Dante Pazzanese of Cardiology. Professor of FMUSP.
- Sérgio Kobayashi - Coordinator of the Fetal Medicine Syrian-Lebanese Hospital. Professor of FMUSP. Team Leader on duty the Emergency Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital São Paulo / UNIFESP. Physician from the Fetal Medicine Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein.
- Nabil Ghorayeb - Head of Medical Section of the Institute Dante Pazzanese of Cardiology. Coordinator of the Department of Sport Check-up of the Heart Hospital (HCor).
- Moses Cohen - Head of the Sports Traumatology and Supervisor Residency in Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, UNIFESP.
- Carlos de Barros Mott - One of the foremost authorities in the pancreas of the country. Gastroenterologist's clinical Syrian-Lebanese Hospital and Tenured Professor of FMUSP. Quoted in Veja SP "The doctors indicate that doctors".
- Mario Silva Luiz Barbosa - GP's Syrian-Lebanese Hospital. Quoted in Veja SP "The doctors indicate that doctors".
- Gilberto Luis Camanho - Professor and Head of the Clinical Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, FMUSP. Quoted in Veja SP "The doctors indicate that doctors".
- Maria Cristina Chammas - Professor and Director of the Department of Ultrasound Institute of Radiology (InRad) of HCFMUSP.
- Luis Yu - Full Professor of FMUSP and Supervisor of the Nephrology Service of the HCFMUSP. It is the general coordinator of the Committee of Medical Residency (COREMA) of FMUSP since 2007.
- Denton Roveda Junior - Professor and Director of the Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging of the Brotherhood of Santa Casa de Misericordia de São Paulo.
- Nilson Donadio - Professor and Head of Marital Infertility Clinic, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Brotherhood of Santa Casa de Misericordia de São Paulo.
- Sergio Rosemberg - Professor of Pediatric Neurology, Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa de São Paulo.
- Edie Benedito Caetano - Tenured Full Professor of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, PUC-SP. In 2009 he was appointed by the annual ranking of "Analysis-Health" as one of the most admired by colleagues in their specialty.
- Jose Carlos Riechelmann - Technical Director of the Hospital and the Maternity School of Vila Nova Cachoeirinha.
- Osmar de Oliveira - Orthopaedic and Journalist of the "Open Game" of the Band. Worked in Sport Club Corinthians PaulistaSport Club Corinthians PaulistaSport Club Corinthians Paulista, commonly just known as Corinthians , is a Brazilian football club based in the city of São Paulo. They play in the São Paulo state league, as well as the Brasileirão, Brazil's top national league...
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and the Brazilian Basketball. - José Eduardo Siqueira - President of the Brazilian Bioethics Society (2005–2007), member of the National Research Ethics (CONEP), Board member of International Association of Bioethics (IAB). Professor of UEL.
- Angela Maggio da Fonseca - Associate Professor and Professor of FMUSP. Coordinator of Postgraduate Obstetrics and Gynecology, FMUSP.
- Dikran Armaganijan - Director of Clinical Division of the Institute Dante Pazzanese of Cardiology, Medical Syrian-Lebanese Hospital and German Hospital Oswaldo Cruz.
- Fernando da Rocha Board - Professor of Urology, UNESP.
- Roberto Antonio Paes Pinto - Professor of Pathology FCMSCSP.
- Agostinho Tavares * - Professor of Nephrology, UNIFESP. Post-Doctorate from Boston University. Member of the editorial board of the Brazilian Journal of Nephrology and Hypertension.