FMUC Non Degree Course

Training Course: Seminar on Humanitarian Medicine and Volunteering: Challenges in Migration Contexts

Faculty of Medicine Diploma/Certificate

General Objectives of the Course

The seminar aims to raise awareness and train healthcare professionals to understand the clinical, social and ethical challenges in migration and volunteering contexts, promoting reflection on good humanitarian intervention practices and ways of working collaboratively, safely and humanely with vulnerable populations.
The seminar will be held online and is aimed at doctors, interns, nurses and other health professionals interested in developing skills in humanitarian medicine, volunteering and intervention in migration contexts.
In this way, the seminar contributes to the advanced training of healthcare professionals, integrating clinical knowledge, professional ethics and humanitarian intervention practices, in line with the modernisation of training and clinical practice, promoting the continuous updating of skills in the face of changes in care contexts, and strengthening the objectives of INNOV2CARE by transforming teaching and learning environments through digital platforms, reinforcing scientific literacy and promoting the continuous updating of skills within a framework of innovation, quality and scientific rigour.

Admission Requirements

The seminar is aimed at doctors, interns, nurses and other health professionals interested in developing skills in humanitarian medicine, medical volunteering and intervention in migration contexts, promoting ethical, collaborative and humanised practices among vulnerable populations.

Candidates should check the admission requirements available on this site, in addition to the information provided here.

Professional Goals

NA

Mode of Study

E-learning

Teaching / Evaluation language(s)

Portuguese

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Qualitative evaluation, in a scele of Approved/Rejected.

Learning Objectives and Intended Skills

The seminar aims to train healthcare professionals, equipping them with the skills to identify challenges in migration contexts, recognise good humanitarian intervention practices and reflect on ethical, safe and collaborative ways of intervening with vulnerable populations.

Recognition of Prior Learning

NA

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Academic Regulation of the University of Coimbra

Graduation Requirements

NA

Access to Further Studies

NA

Study Programme

Seminar on Humanitarian Medicine and Volunteering: Challenges in Migration Contexts

Academic year
2025-2026

Course Type
Non Degree Course

Qualification Awarded: Diploma/Certificate

Duration: 1.0 Trimester(s)

ECTS Credits: 1.0


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