Training of professionals to work in teaching, research, planning, and service management in the field of health evaluation.
Professional Master’s in Health Evaluation
The Professional Master's Program in Health Evaluation at IMIP, recognized with a CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) grade of 5, was approved by CAPES in 2009.
The first academic year began in May 2010 with the Professional Master's Course in Health Evaluation. A new class starts every two years.
The institutional context for the development and consolidation of the Program at IMIP is favorable.
IMIP has the Health Management and Evaluation Study Group (GEAS), registered with the Directory of Research Groups of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) since 1999.
This group represents a field of research and training in the area of health evaluation, composed of doctors, masters, and specialists who are part of the permanent and collaborating faculty of the Postgraduate Program in Health Evaluation.
GEAS works on the theoretical and practical development of the health evaluation field.
It carries out its activities in partnership with national and international institutions, with the following areas of action:
- Development of teaching and training activities, promoting the technical capacity of health professionals;
- Carrying out and advising on the production of studies and research;
- Acting as a collaborator in the area of monitoring, evaluation, and management processes for health organizations;
- Development of institutional evaluation activities;
- Dissemination of knowledge in the field of evaluation and management;
- Development of integrated actions with other research groups at IMIP and other educational and research institutions;
- Contribution to the institutionalization of evaluation practices, focusing on the health sector in the country.
Target Audience
Higher education professionals with degrees in Biological Sciences, Biomedicine, Physical Education, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Nutrition, Dentistry, Psychology, Social Work, and Occupational Therapy.
Objectives
General Objective
To train qualified personnel for teaching, research, and planning and management of services in the field of health evaluation.
Specific Objectives
The Professional Master’s Course in Health Evaluation has the following specific objectives:
- To train masters in health evaluation with competencies and skills to perform evaluative work, emphasizing its incorporation into institutional practice at various levels of operation;
- To disseminate knowledge, methods, techniques, and work instruments in the area of health evaluation.
Research Line
Evaluation of Health Interventions
This research line aims to support national health policies, oriented by results, which generate a growing need for the qualification of researchers/evaluators with the basic competencies required to meet this demand.
Its main objective is, therefore, to adapt different types of evaluation to the various areas of action and specificities of health programs and services.
The prioritized methodological approaches are guided by:
- A participatory approach;
- The contextualization of programmatic actions;
- The internal and external validity of research devices (theoretical modeling, study design, observations, and measures);
- Standards that guarantee and document the quality and usefulness of their products through meta-evaluation;
- The articulation of knowledge incorporation into the innovations and professional practices of these interventions.
Courses
Mandatory Courses
- Policies, Programs, and Health Management (60h; 04 credits)
- Health Evaluation I: Intervention Planning, General Concepts, and Methodological Approaches (105h; 07 credits)
- Research Project Development Seminars (75h; 05 credits)
Elective Courses
- Epidemiological Methods Applied to Health Program Evaluation (45h; 03 credits)
- Qualitative Research Methods (45h; 03 credits)
- Health Information (45h; 03 credits)
- Health Evaluation in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic (30h; 02 credits)
- Health Evaluation II: Analysis of Health Program and Service Implementation (45h; 03 credits)
- Health Evaluation III: Effectiveness Evaluation (45h; 03 credits)
- Health Evaluation IV: Technological Evaluations in Healthcare Practices (45h; 03 credits)
- Health Evaluation V: Results Communication and Meta-evaluation (45h; 03 credits)
- Health Promotion Evaluation (45h; 03 credits)
- Scientific Methodology and Knowledge Construction (45h; 03 credits)
- Applied Informatics in Health (30h; 02 credits)
- Scientific Article Writing Workshop (30h; 02 credits)
- Bibliographic Research in Health: Retrieval, Standardization, and Submission of Studies (45h; 03 credits)
Faculty
Permanent Faculty
- Ana Coelho Albuquerque
- Eronildo Felisberto
- Isabella Chagas Samico
- José Eulálio Cabral Filho
- Juliana Martins Barbosa da Silva Costa
- Luciana Santos Dubeux
- Lygia Carmen de Moraes Vanderlei
- Maria Cynthia Braga
- Malaquias Batista Filho
- Marina Ferreira de Medeiros Mendes
- Paulo Germano de Frias
- Suely Arruda Vidal
- Zulmira Maria de Araújo Hartz
Collaborating Faculty
- Gisele Cazarin
- Greciane Soares da Silva
- Luciana Caroline Albuquerque Bezerra
Documents
Course Document List
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- Faculty Accreditation Standard PPGAS
- Procedures after Defense Panel and Diploma Issuance
- Request for Examination Panel Scheduling
Curriculum Structure
The Professional Master’s has a modular format (one module per month), with a minimum of 90 credits (1 theoretical or practical credit equals 15 hours), of which:
- 16 credits correspond to mandatory courses/modules;
- 45 credits correspond to non-presential moments (dispersion between modules);
- 20 credits correspond to the dissertation;
- 09 credits correspond to elective courses and/or special tasks/studies, provided they are authorized by the Course Collegiate.
In total, the course has a minimum workload of 1,350 hours.
Obtaining the Title
The title of Master in Health Evaluation will be obtained by completing a minimum workload of 1,350 hours, with a duration of 18 (eighteen) months, obtaining a minimum of 90 credits, distributed as follows:
- 16 credits: Mandatory Courses/modules
- 09 credits: Elective courses and/or special tasks/studies, provided they are authorized by the Program Collegiate
- 45 credits: Non-presential moments (dispersion between modules)
- 20 credits: Dissertation preparation and defense
The dissertation defense can only be carried out after the completion of credits related to:
- Mandatory courses/modules (16 credits);
- Elective courses and/or special tasks/studies (09 credits);
- Non-presential moments (dispersion between modules – 45 credits).
Contact
- Academic Secretariat: Cristina Alouche
- Phone: (81) 2122.4122
- Office Hours: 8h to 12h and 14h to 16h
