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The Professional Master's in Clinical Research (MPPC) program, created in 2016, has the main characteristics of insertion of clinical research with the reality of the clinical research area at the local, regional, and national levels.
The aim of the program is to train qualified professionals to work on clinical research projects, whether in the academic or professional sphere, with an emphasis on technical-operational strategies and to work and disseminate knowledge in the healthcare network. Another aspect of the course is research management, which contributes to the training of professionals who are more technically prepared to work effectively in health services since the scope of the course transcends the specificity of research, partly addressing the theoretical-conceptual basis of administration, epidemiology, health sciences, and accounting.
The proposal for the Professional Master's in Clinical Research program encompasses cooperation and exchange from an academic point of view. It establishes partnerships with different educational institutions, government bodies, and other private institutions to transfer technologies, collaborative actions in areas of interest in research, intervention, extension, teaching, research, and related thematic areas.
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- Type: professional master's degree
- Format: face-to-face course, with 18 credits in subjects and compulsory internship, fortnightly classes (Friday and Saturday). Additional activities for the degree: supervision and preparation/execution of the final paper and foreign language proficiency.
- Selection: annual, with a curriculum analysis, face-to-face or online interview, and a proposal for the final product.
- To obtain a master's degree, the student must:
1. complete at least 16 credits in subjects and complete the compulsory internship.
2. Have their dissertation defended in a public session and approved by an examining board.
3. Complete the course within a maximum of 24 months, regular school terms.
4. Present a certificate of proficiency in a foreign language.
- Coordinating committee: the course has a committee responsible for coordination activities, which meets monthly, always on the third Wednesday of the month.
The Professional Master's Degree in Clinical Research relies on the infrastructure available at the hospital:
The Clinical Research Center (CPC), inaugurated in 2009, aims to promote the development and qualification of clinical studies carried out at the institution, with a view to establishing guidelines and policies relating to the conduct of clinical research as a whole. In this sense, it provides adequate infrastructure for developing all stages of clinical and epidemiological studies in line with the country's public health needs. Its mission is to generate and disseminate knowledge and increase the training of human resources in the area of scientific health research, contributing to innovation and technical-scientific development in the area of health in accordance with ethical principles and respect for the patient and the community. The strategic objectives are to support emerging and consolidated research groups by providing a physical area for clinical research, commit to producing knowledge and training human resources, and qualify health care at HCPA by incorporating new technologies. Clinical Research projects are carried out in the Clinical Research Center. It is housed in a six-story building with a physical area of 2,892 m2. The structure of the Clinical Research Center has the capacity to carry out 1,100 consultations per month.
The Experimental Research Centre (CPE) promotes integration between different groups of researchers and the rationalization of research resources. It provides a complete infrastructure for activities in multi-user laboratories and a physical area for developing specific projects in thematic laboratories. Its mission is to generate and disseminate knowledge and increase the training of human resources in the area of scientific health research, contributing to innovation and technical-scientific development of excellence while observing ethical principles and respect for patients, animal research, and the community. The strategic objectives are to carry out basic and applied experimental research, seek innovation and the development of cutting-edge scientific technology, and rationalize the use of resources necessary to develop experimental research projects. Making available, equipping, and encouraging the use of physical areas with a multi-user structure; developing and improving human resources for experimental research; and supporting emerging and consolidated experimental research groups making physical space available for the installation of self-sustaining, productive thematic laboratories committed to training human resources in research and optimizing the level of quaternary health care at HCPA, through the incorporation of new technologies. The Experimental Research Center has thematic and shared laboratories: Laboratory Research Unit (UPL), Animal Experimentation Unit (UEA), and Gene Therapy Center (CTG).
HCPA's Innovation and Technology Transfer Center (NITT) was set up with the central mission of facilitating and implementing innovative initiatives and technology transfer, with the aim of improving the health of society through technological advances and process improvements. The aim of the NITT is to convert scientific, technical, and technological knowledge into products, processes, and services that result in advances in the field of health.
The NITT provides support for the Professional Master's Degree in Clinical Research (MPPC), actively engaging in the procedures for registering intellectual property associated with the products developed by the program, as well as in the exploitation of new technologies. In addition, the NITT also takes on the role of cultivating a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship at HCPA.
The Incubator for Technology-Based Companies in Health, called STARTS HCPA, was recently inaugurated. This initiative will operate within the Health Innovation Technology Park (PATIS), which is scheduled for completion in 2024.
HCPA became the first hospital associated with the Caldeira Institute, the main innovation hub in Rio Grande do Sul. Through the NITT, MPPC students and collaborators can integrate into the Caldeira Institute's innovative ecosystem, providing new perspectives for interaction and continuous improvement in their understanding of topics related to innovation and entrepreneurship.
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The subjects are connected to the lines of research developed in the master's degree. Due to the multidisciplinary inherent in health research, some subjects are cross-cutting in nature, covering more than one line of research, as described below:
1. Health research: Bioethics, Law and BPC
Covers studies aimed at investigating different ethical aspects related to the area of health research. This line is underpinned by the disciplines of Bioethics and Health Research, Clinical Research and Law, Good Clinical Practice, and Quality Management.
2. Management and implementation of health research centers
This includes developing information systems and planning methodologies applied to the management of research in health services, as well as methods for planning, monitoring, and evaluating (management, quality, and productivity indicators) health actions and services. This line is underpinned by the subjects of Administrative and Financial Management of Clinical Research, Health Management and Clinical Research, Database Search Tools, and REDCap.
3. Clinical research, innovation, and knowledge translation
This covers the planning, execution, and monitoring of clinical studies aimed at diagnosing and evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of diseases and drug safety studies. This line is related to the disciplines Introduction to Scientific Research, Fundamentals of Epidemiology, Fundamentals of Biostatistics, Database Search Tools and REDCap, Clinical Trial Planning and Design, Health Innovation, and Health Technology Assessment.
4. Health Technology Assessment
Covers studies focused on the quality of health practices and processes and the evaluation of health technologies. This line is referenced by the subjects Health Management and Clinical Research, Health Technology Assessment I and II, Evidence-Based Medicine, Quality Management, and Good Practices.
The students' final work projects are submitted via the Brazil Platform for consideration by the HCPA Research Ethics Committee and their institutions of origin to ethically and methodologically qualify the projects and products developed at the MPPC.
The teaching staff is made up of an interdisciplinary team that brings together different expertise, such as UFRGS professors with academic production and research and/or professional experience in the area of clinical research; HCPA contracted professionals with at least five years' experience in developing the structure and organization of clinical research services in public institutions and HCPA researchers, PhDs, academic production and research and/or professional experience in the area of clinical research.
It is understood that this multidisciplinary profile meets the demands and objectives proposed by the program regarding an education based on practical training that qualifies students to propose and lead changes in their institutions.
Permanent Teaching Staff
Eneida Rejane Rabelo da Silva - Curriculum Lattes
Fernanda D Athayde Rodrigues - Lattes CV
Fernanda dos Santos de Oliveira - Curriculum Lattes
Jose Roberto Goldim - Curriculum Lattes
Leila Beltrami Moreira - Curriculum Lattes
Leo Sekine - Curriculum Lattes
Luiz Fernando Calage Alvarenga - Curriculum Lattes
Maria Angélica Pires Ferreira - Curriculum Lattes
Marcia Santana Fernandes - Curriculum Lattes
Paulo Roberto Stefani Sanches - Curriculum Lattes
Rafael Leal Zimmer - Curriculum Lattes
Vania Naomi Hirakata - Curriculum Lattes
Faculty Collaborators
Alexandre Simões Dias - Curriculum Lattes
Helena Barreto dos Santos - Curriculum Lattes
Isabel Cristina Echer - Curriculum Lattes
Jeruza Lavanholi Neyeloff - Curriculum Lattes
Valter Ferreira da Silva - Curriculum Lattes
The Professional Master's Degree in Clinical Research consists of compulsory subjects, electives, a final paper, and other activities with a theoretical-practical focus so that the program can be completed in at least three semesters.
Compulsory subjects:
- Bioethics Applied to Health Research (15 hours/class)
- Good Clinical Practice (15 hours/class)
- Fundamentals of Biostatistics (15 hours/class)
- Fundamentals of Epidemiology (30 hours/class)
- Management of Innovation and Health Technologies (30 hours/class)
- Administrative and Financial Management of Research (30 hours/class)
- Introduction to Scientific Research (15 hours/class)
- Planning and Designing Clinical Trials (30 hours/class)
- Research Seminars I (15 hours/class)
- Supervised Internship (30 hours/class)
- Final Project (60 hours/class)
Optional subjects:
- Elaboration and validation of health education materials/products (15 hours/class)
- Database Search Tools and REDCap (15 hours/class)
- Quality Management (15 hours/class)
- Health Management and Clinical Research (30 hours/class)
- Introduction to Health Technology Assessment I (15 hours/class)
- Introduction to Health Technology Assessment II (15 hours/class)
- Evidence-Based Medicine (15 hours/class)
- Clinical Research and Law (15 hours/class)
The total course load is 270 hours (18 credits), made up of compulsory and optional subjects and a supervised internship. To complete the course, writing a dissertation and developing a product is necessary.
- 1 credit corresponds to 15 class hours.
The total investment is R$35,778.73, payable in cash at the time of enrollment or in installments in 24 installments of R$ 1,671.87, for a total investment of R$ 40.124,83.
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