The Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública (''Bahian School of Medicine and Public Health'', known simply as Bahiana) is a private and non-profit higher education school of medical sciences and health, established in 1952 in

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. Bahiana currently offers seven

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courses and

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programs in several health sciences fields. The school is maintained by the Fundação Bahiana para Desenvolvimento das Ciências (''Bahian Foundation for Science Development'').

History

After noticing the health care needs of Bahian society at the beginning of the 1950s, a group of doctors, academics, public managers and religious leaders from Salvador founded a new institution. At that time, the only

medical school A medical school is a tertiary educational institution, professional school, or forms a part of such an institution, that teaches medicine, and awards a professional degree for physicians. Such medical degrees include the Bachelor of Medicine, ...

in the state was the Faculdade de Medicina da Bahia (''Bahia Faculty of Medicine''), which graduated 130 professionals per year. The first group of teachers was chosen in January 1953. Admission exams were taken on April 14 of the same year. Later that month, Aristides Novis Filho gave the first lessons for the Medicine course. The first class graduated in 1958. During the following decades, Bahiana expanded its activities to provide public health care assistance. In the 1970s, Bahaina purchased an area of in the Brotas neighborhood. Years later, Bahaina bought the former Santa Terezinha Preventorium building for its first health care centre, the Ambulatório Docente-Assistencial da Bahiana (ADAB) (''Bahaina Teaching and Healthcare Outpatient Centre''). In 1998, a new building situated near ADAB was built to become Bahiana's second campus, the Brotas Academic Unit. In 1999, Bahiana opened the Cabula Academic Unit, located in the district of Cabula. It is dedicated to some free of charge health services.

Academic units

Bahiana's academic activities are held in two units, located in the districts of Brotas and Cabula.

Brotas

The Brotas Academic Unit holds activities for undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The Ambulatório Docente-Assistencial da Bahiana is located nearby, where a multidisciplinary team of professionals, teachers and students from diverse fields provide free health care services.

Cabula

The Cabula Academic Unit is home to Bahiana's Biomedicine, Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing courses. Built on a green area of , it hosts the majority of Bahiana's main events, such as the Mostra Científica e Cultural (''Science and Culture Exhibition''), the Pedagogic Forum, the Nursing, Biomedicine and Dentistry journeys, admission exams and

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welcome receptions.

Undergraduate programs

Medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

Physical therapy Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is a healthcare profession, as well as the care provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through patient education, physical intervention, disease preventio ...

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

Dentistry Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the Human tooth, teeth, gums, and Human mouth, mouth. It consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases, dis ...

Biomedicine Biomedicine (also referred to as Western medicine, mainstream medicine or conventional medicine)

Nurse Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alle ...

ry *

Physical Education Physical education is an academic subject taught in schools worldwide, encompassing Primary education, primary, Secondary education, secondary, and sometimes tertiary education. It is often referred to as Phys. Ed. or PE, and in the United Stat ...

Postgraduate programs

Bahiana offers several postgraduate courses, including

Master of Science A Master of Science (; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree. In contrast to the Master of Arts degree, the Master of Science degree is typically granted for studies in sciences, engineering and medici ...

and

Doctoral A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...

programs. The school also has 32 research groups registered on the

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Lattes platform.

Admissions

Since 2008, undergraduates have had to pass through an admission process called Processo Seletivo Formativo (PROSEF), which allows them to experience their future profession and interact with teachers and classmates.

Health care centres

*ADAB Brotas - Ambulatório Docente-Assistencial Multiprofissional (general services) *ADAB Cabula - Ambulatório Docente-Assistencial Odontológico (dental services) *Centro Integrado e Multidisciplinar de HTLV e Hepatites Virais (

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and hepatitis viruses services) *CAFIS - Clínica Avançada em Fisioterapia (Physical Therapy) *SEPSI - Serviço de Psicologia (Psychology) *SerTO - Serviço de Terapia Ocupacional (

Occupational Therapy Occupational therapy (OT), also known as ergotherapy, is a healthcare profession. Ergotherapy is derived from the Greek wiktionary:ergon, ergon which is allied to work, to act and to be active. Occupational therapy is based on the assumption t ...

)

Scientific publications

*Brazilian Journal of Medicine and Human Health *Revista Pesquisa em Fisioterapia ''(Research in Physical Therapy)'' *Revista Enfermagem Contemporânea ''(Contemporary Nursery)'' *Revista Psicologia, Diversidade e Saúde ''(Psychology, Diversity and Health)'' *Revista Bahiana de Odontologia ''(Bahian Journal of Odontology)''

References

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