Health care for people living with chronic diseases
Postgraduate Degree
Ano Letivo 2025/2026
Course Overview
National and international statistics have been showing an increase in the prevalence of people in chronic conditions. Many of these people face complex and challenging barriers throughout their life cycle (childhood/adolescence, adulthood and old age), thus it is necessary to develop innovative models of person-centered care with an emphasis on self-care, aiming at more rigorous interventions with more effective results that contribute to the optimization, empowerment and autonomy of people in chronic situations.
Organic Unit:
S. João de Deus School of Nursing
Duration:
1 Semesters/30 ECTS credits (30 required in curricular units)
Language:
Portuguese
Regime:
B-learning
CNAEF Areas:
- Nursing and caring (723)

Career Prospects
This postgraduate course aims to train nurses with advanced skills in complexity management, using an approach to new models of health care, relevant and personalized, supported by literacy, self-care, in order to increase the skills of self-management in health, satisfaction, the quality of life of people with multimorbidity.
Specific Entry Requirements
Health and social professionals.
Have a degree.
Access Routes and Applications
Tuition Fees
Course Committee
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Timetables
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Documents
Regulation
Official Documentation
Contact Information
Director:
Margarida Goes [mgoes@uevora.pt]
Academic Manager: Raquel Maria Pitadas de Matos
Academic Services (online): SAC.ONLINE