Postgraduate Diploma in Cardiac Rehabilitation

Objetivos do Curso

Cardiovascular diseases are nowadays a concern for health teams due to the impact they have not only on mortality, but also on health costs.

The prevention and promotion of cardiovascular health assume a preponderant role in this area, as well as the reintegration of the person in the event of an acute decompensation of a chronic cardiovascular pathology.

Cardiac rehabilitation has played a key role in the effective management of the disease and in the promotion of cardiovascular health for several decades.

In this way, it becomes fundamental to develop innovative strategies that allow the continuation of those already existing and defined by the National Program for Cardiac Rehabilitation, developed in the context of a multidisciplinary team.

Rehabilitation nursing, as an autonomous area in the provision of specialized care, plays an important role in the success of this national strategy, which follows international trends.

The post-graduate course in Cardiac Rehabilitation Nursing thus intends to fill in the training needs of the post-graduate specialization course in rehabilitation nursing, in order to provide Specialist Nurses in Rehabilitation Nursing with the technical, scientific and human knowledge and skills that allow them to effectively intervene in people with cardiovascular disorders, thus generating health gains directly associated with specialized care.

Condições de Acesso e Ingresso

Nurses Specialists in Rehabilitation Nursing.

Regime de Estudo

Presencial

Língua(s) de aprendizagem/ Avaliação

Portuguese

Objetivos de Aprendizagem e competências a Desenvolver

Objectives of this course:

Train for the recognition and intervention in cardiovascular risk factors;

Develop capacity for design, implementation and evaluation of cardiac rehabilitation and physical exercise nursing programs, framed in the national strategy;

Training for integration into multidisciplinary cardiac prevention and rehabilitation teams;

Valuing evidence-based practice as a strategy for continuous improvement in the quality of nursing care in cardiac rehabilitation.

Coordenador do curso

- Paulo Manuel Dias da Silva Azevedo - paulo.azevedo@essnortecvp.pt

Enquadramento Legal da Qualificação

Decree-Law no. 74/2006, of 24 March, amended and republished by Decree-Law no. 65/2018, of 16 August