Professional Master's Degree Human Communication Health

About the course

CAPES code: 33019010013P0

CAPES Assessment Area: PHYSICAL EDUCATION

CAPES Grade: Professional Masters – Grade 4

Course recognized in accordance with MEC Ordinance No. 609, of 3/14/2019 – DOU of 3/18/2019.

The Professional Master’s Degree in Human Communication Health at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa de São Paulo has the general objective of preparing professionals in the areas of health and education to use scientific research as a tool to improve their professional performance in different aspects. of human communication.

Course objectives

The course also aims to train professionals to work in institutions linked to the areas of Health and Education and qualify them to:

1) Train qualified professionals to exercise advanced practice and transform procedures, aiming to meet the social, organizational or professional demands of the labor market;

2) Train professionals to transfer knowledge to society, meeting specific demands and productive arrangements with a view to national, regional or local development;

3) Train professionals to promote the integrated articulation of professional training with demanding entities of different natures, aiming to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of public and private organizations, through the solution of problems, generation and application of appropriate innovation processes;

4) Qualify professionals to know, develop and improve innovative methods and techniques with applicability in health or education equipment, in areas involving human communication;

5) Train professionals with an interdisciplinary and integrated view of the processes, alterations, rehabilitation and improvement of swallowing, hearing, speech and language.

Target Audience

The program is designed for speech therapists and other professionals interested in the processes and disorders of human communication.

Modality

Presential

Frequency

Course subjects and activities take place on Thursday afternoons and Fridays (morning and afternoon).

Duration

Professional Master: 24 months

Credits for the degree

Professional master’s degree: 60 credits (34 in compulsory and optional subjects; minimum of 6 in complementary activities; 20 in the final paper)

Selective process

The selection process consists of an eliminatory written test, with interpretation of texts in Portuguese and English and an interview, with presentation of the pre-project to a panel of examiners, composed of at least two professors from the program.