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News

scaldeira
Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

FCSE professor participates in the 11th Mental Health and Psychiatry Conference

Professor Sílvia Caldeira, lecturer at the Faculty of Health and Education Sciences (FCSE), participated in the 11th Mental Health and Psychiatry...
October 13, 2025
ucp-mentor
Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

Universidade Católica offers training for Peer Mentoring

Peer Mentoring values the active role of students who have been attending the University for longer - the mentors - in the integration and academic...
October 9, 2025
Doutoramento
PhD in Nursing

The Margarida Vieira Scholarship recognizes merit and encourages advanced training in nursing

As part of the celebrations marking 20 years of the Doctorate in Nursing, the Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing (FCSE) is marking a significant...
October 8, 2025
ciis-ergues
Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Health

FCSE teachers and NICE_Lab researchers (CIIS-UCP) train teachers in Deaf Education and São Tomé and Príncipe Sign Language (LGSTP) - Bilingual Education in São Tomé

As part of the ERGUES Project, during the weeks of September 15 to 26, FCSE teachers and researchers from NICE_lab (CIIS-UCP) trained primary and...
October 7, 2025
sofia-nunes
Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Health

Researcher from the Universidade Católica presents the Pal-Cycles project at the International Seminar on Palliative Care

On September 26, 2025, the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) organized the 7th edition of the International Seminar on Palliative Care...
October 6, 2025
phd-celebração
PhD in Nursing

Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing marks 20 years of the PhD in Nursing with a celebration in Fátima

On October 4, the Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing celebrated the 20th anniversary of the PhD in Nursing, in a gathering marked by sharing,...
October 6, 2025
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Escola de Pós-Graduações e Formação Avançada

Universidade Católica launches new microcredentials in the field of health

The Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing (FCSE) at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa has just announced a set of new microcredentials aimed at...
October 2, 2025
doutoramento-abertura
PhD in Nursing

Opening Session of the Doctorate in Nursing

On September 25, 2025, the Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa held the Opening Session of the Doctorate in...
September 29, 2025
lgp-lanlamento
Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Health

Launch of the São Tomé Sign Language Dictionary

In celebration of International Sign Language Day, we are sharing the launch of the São Tomé Sign Language Dictionary by the NICE_Lab team as part of the...
September 23, 2025
noticia-ffms
Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

Professor from the Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing at UCP participates in the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation Summer School

This year's edition of the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation Summer School took place in Peniche and brought together 60 students from across the...
September 22, 2025
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Press

luis-capelas
September 29, 2025
Saúde online
Portuguese Palliative Care Observatory

Saude Online - When death is an emergency: the challenge of dying with dignity - Opinion piece

Opinion piece by the Portuguese Observatory on Palliative Care. When death is an emergency: the challenge of dying with dignity Even without knowing how to name it, we all want the same thing: to reach the end with dignity. And it is at this moment, as...
29/09/2025 - 16:06
Saúde online
rstp
September 25, 2025
RSTP
Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Health

RSTP - ERGUES launches second edition of dictionary and manual to strengthen inclusion of deaf people in education in STP

The second edition of the Portuguese Manual for the Deaf in São Tomé and Príncipe “is a revised and expanded version of the 2019 edition” and is aimed at students in the first cycle of basic education (grades 1 to 4), covering "topics related to the...
25/09/2025 - 13:59
RSTP
artigo opinião-desporto
September 1, 2025
Sapo
Escola de Pós-Graduações e Formação Avançada

Sapo - FIFA Football Nurse: when care becomes a winning strategy - Opinion piece

Opinion piece by Rafael Bernardes and Teresa Amaral, professors at the Schools of Nursing (Lisbon and Porto) and coordinators of the Postgraduate Program in Sports Nursing. The project, implemented in Malawi, offers a concrete, innovative, and...
01/09/2025 - 16:00
Sapo
FOTO-NEWS
August 11, 2025
TSF
Escola de Pós-Graduações e Formação Avançada

TSF - Coordinator of the Postgraduate Course in Breastfeeding in an interview

Speaking to TSF, pediatrician Graça Gonçalves, coordinator of the Postgraduate Course in Breastfeeding at the School of Postgraduate Studies and Advanced Training of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing at the Portuguese Catholic University,...
11/08/2025 - 14:46
TSF
escape room
July 29, 2025
Imagens de Marca
Licenciatura em Neurociência de Sistemas e Cognitiva

Imagens de Marca: Universidade Católica creates escape room dedicated to the brain and Neurosciences

The Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP) has created an escape room dedicated to Neuroscience, which combines reasoning, dexterity and teamwork. The new space is open to the public upon registration. “The Brain Unlocked” is the theme of the new space,...
29/07/2025 - 11:24
Imagens de Marca
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July 28, 2025
Renascença
Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Health

Rádio Renascença - CIIS researcher interviewed Physical restraint leads to feelings of “violation of dignity” in the elderly, study shows

Prof. Sérgio Dedoato, a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Health Research Center of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing of the Portuguese Catholic University, was interviewed by Rádio Renascença about the impact of physical restraint on the...
28/07/2025 - 10:38
Renascença
neurociencias
July 22, 2025
Renascença
Licenciatura em Neurociência de Sistemas e Cognitiva

Renascença - “Multitasking” and technology can cause more stress - Interview with the coordinator of the new degree in Neurosciences

This Tuesday is World Brain Day and Renascença spoke to Filipa Ribeiro, a researcher and professor in the field of neuroscience and neuropsychology, who guarantees that tasks are done "more slowly, the probability of making more mistakes is greater and...
22/07/2025 - 14:09
Renascença
CEREBRO
July 22, 2025
TSF
Licenciatura em Neurociência de Sistemas e Cognitiva

TSF - How new technologies tire our brains - Interview

Experts are already talking about an invisible epidemic of cognitive fatigue. The digital world leads us to pay attention to several things at once, for longer and longer. The result is not good, but there are tricks to give your head a rest. TSF...
22/07/2025 - 14:02
TSF
jms
July 22, 2025
Diário de Notícias
Licenciatura em Neurociência de Sistemas e Cognitiva

Diário de Notícias - Why do we need more and more neuroscientists? - Opinion article

"The brain is still one of the great mysteries of science. Despite many advances and discoveries, this frontier remains as challenging as it is relevant today. July 22 is World Brain Day, a date that was established to draw attention to the importance of...
22/07/2025 - 13:49
Diário de Notícias
violencia
June 6, 2025
RTP Madeira
Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

RTP Madeira - FCSE and EEL lecturer interviewed on Guidelines for health professionals in cases of suspected child violence

Concrete regulations need to be created to guide the actions of health professionals in the event of suspected violence against children and young people. The warning comes from Prof. Sérgio Deodato, professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences and...
06/06/2025 - 11:21
RTP Madeira
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Events

UCP-BE-FCH
15
Oct
15:30

UCP2 Mental Health_UCP2BE na Faculdade de Ciências Humanas

Catholic University of Portugal

Portugal
pro-stress
20
Oct
15:00

1st Edition of the Stress Management Course Pro·Stress

ciclo-workshop-reset
21
Oct
11:30

Reset Performance Anxiety and Reprogram Your Mindset

Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Centro Regional do Porto

Portugal
ciclo-workshop-reset
23
Oct
15:30

Reset Performance Anxiety and Reprogram Your Mindset

Catholic University of Portugal

Portugal
NICE_Start - Save the date
24
Oct
09:00

NICE_Start - 1st International Meeting of Young Researchers in Cognition, Language and Neurosciences

Catholic University of Portugal

Portugal
brunout
04
Nov
11:30

Academic Burnout: strategies to regain balance

ciclo-conf3
04
Nov
14:00

Mirror, mirror, in my feed: do I accept the body I see?

Catholic University of Portugal

Portugal
ciclo-conf3
06
Nov
11:30

Mirror, mirror, in my feed: do I accept the body I see?

Catholic University of Portugal

Portugal
diplomas2023
14
Nov
16:30

Formal Ceremony for the Awarding of Bachelor's and Master's Degree Certificates

Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Portugal
workshop3
18
Nov
11:30

Freeze or Fight? – Psychological First Aid for Panic Attacks

Catholic University of Portugal

Portugal

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