Medicine at Católica: where the future of healthcare is trained in the present.

The application period for Católica Medical School is now open; its methodology is based on practical problem-solving from day one.

With applications for the Integrated Master's Degree in Medicine open until June 15th, Católica Medical School is reinforcing its commitment to a course that promotes the practical application of knowledge. Through a disruptive pedagogical model, oriented towards Problem-Based Learning (PBL), the expectation is that not only the study method will be transformed, but also the students' perception of medicine itself. Paulo Oom, Vice-Director of the Faculty, highlights that PBL "stimulates autonomy and critical thinking." But that's not all that distinguishes the course – "teaching in English, the international language of medicine, helps prepare students for a global context," he adds. Furthermore, it's a study plan that integrates "form, function, and disease," he summarizes.

Lúcia Nogueira, a third-year student, and Martim Oliveira, a fifth-year student, are living proof that this methodology works. Lúcia is in a crucial phase of transition to the clinical side; Martim, from the first edition of the course, is already walking the hospital corridors as if he were one step away from entering the job market. Both agree on a fundamental point about what differentiates the course: the method. And the vision shared by Paulo Oom aligns with what the students convey, a project focused on training professionals who "not only know medicine, but also behave as passionate professionals." There is also a different sensitivity, implicit when the vice-director of Católica Medical School describes the Católica medical students as having "a high ethical sense, social responsibility, and a strong human connection with patients."

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