The course for the Professional Master Degree Associated to Health Residency of the PPCSA has a duration from 12 to 24 months and operates on a yearly regime of subject credits. Each credit corresponds to 15 hours of theoretical or 30 hours of practical class. The title of Master in Health Science will be conferred upon those students that have completed the following stages:

• Compliance with the number of credits per subject, as regulated by the program and Institution.
• Approval in the qualification exam.
• Approval in the Masters dissertation, through an examination board, within the period established by the Program.
• Proof of completion of the Residency in Health, for the students of the Professional Master Degree.     

Observation: The candidate for the course of Professional Master Degree Associated to Health Residency should be enrolled, at the time of the selection process, in the penultimate year of the Medicine or Multi-professional Residency Program offered at the Federal University of Uberlândia.    

In order to conclude the Professional Master Degree in Health Sciences, with focus on the title of Master, it is necessary a total of 39 credits, distributed as follows: 

I. Disciplines/ Subjects: 06 credits; 
II. Interdisciplinary Thematic Seminars: 09 credits; and 
III. Defense of Course Completion Work, in the form of dissertation, or article accepted for publication, related to the theme of the research program in an area linked to it, with approval from the Collegiate Course: 24 Credits.  

The minimum duration for the Master Degree in Health Science is 12 months and the maximum is 24 months. 

Obligatory Disciplines/Subjects:

Biostatistics
Interdisciplinary Thematic Seminars

Obligatory disciplines in accordance with line of research:

General Epidemiology – Line of Research 1
Clinical Epidemiology - Line of Research 2
Pathophysiology 1 and Pathophysiology 2– Line of Research 3

Optional Disciplines/Subjects:

Research Methodology and Ethics in the area of Health
Clinical Nutrition
Automated Bibliographic Research in Health Sciences
Life Quality Related to Health
Techniques in Immunology and Molecular Biology
Special Topics Clinical Epidemiology 1
Special Topics Clinical Epidemiology 2
Special Topics Clinical Epidemiology 3

Obs.: The student should enroll in the items below for the validation of Credits: 

Course Conclusion Work
Qualification Exam
Proficiency in Foreign Language 1