On Tuesday, April 22, the Universidade Católica Portuguesa and the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa signed a collaboration protocol for practical and tutorial teaching activities and curricular clinical rotations/internships/teaching by students and trainees from the Academic Health Units.

The protocol also provides for collaboration in the supervision of studies or academic work, as well as in research projects developed by the Universidade Católica, taking place on the premises of Misericórdia de Lisboa.

The Santa Casa will also be able to receive students and/or interns from the Universidade Católica's Academic Health Units, as well as participate in research projects.

The signing of the agreement was attended by Isabel Capeloa Gil, Rector of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, António Almeida, Dean of the Católica Medical School, Paulo Sousa, Provider of the Santa Casa, and André Brandão de Almeida, administrator of the Misericórdia de Lisboa with responsibility for the Health Department.

“A happy day”, in the words of the Rector of the Universidade Católica, who stressed the common mission that unites the two institutions. Paulo Sousa also highlighted Santa Casa's “commitment” to this protocol, adding that it was “a privilege” to join an institution “with enormous prestige”.