General Principles
To ensure compliance with the ECTS requirements for Optional Course Units in the curricula of different programs, NOVA NSPH annually implements a Program of Optional Course Units (PUCO).
Schedule
The PUCO schedule takes place exclusively online on Mondays from 09:30 to 13:10, Wednesdays from 14:30 to 22:10, and Saturdays from 09:30 to 13:10
Access
The course units included in PUCO are available to all students enrolled in NOVA NSPH programs, within the limits established by the respective Course Regulations and except for duly indicated exceptions.
NOVA NSPH students may also fulfill the ECTS requirements for Optional Course Units in their curricula by obtaining approval in any other course unit at NOVA NSPH, including short courses that award ECTS.
This option is subject to the availability of places and the approval of both the Course Unit and Program Coordinators (registration must be completed with the Academic Services before the start of the respective course unit).
Coordination
Marta Moreira Marques
Secretariat
Phone: +351 217 512 100
E-mail: secretariado.cursos@ensp.unl.pt
Course Unit | Pedagogical Coordinator | ECTS | TH (synchronous) | TH (asynchronous) | CS – Communication in Health (3) | Ana Rita Goes | 4 | 17 | – |
|---|---|---|---|---|
IMC – Interventions for Behavioral Change (5) | Marta Moreira Marques | 4 | 8 | 6 |
GH – Global Health | Paulo Sousa | 4 | 12 | – |
GPS – Healthcare Project Management (2) | Carolina Santos | 4 | 14 | – |
SDGR – Patient Safety and Risk Management | Paulo Sousa | 4 | 14 | – |
SO – Occupational Health (1) (4) | Florentino Serranheira | 4 | 10 | – |
AS – Auditing in Health | Fátima Geada | 4 | 14 | – |
CCP – Continuous and Palliative Care * | Sílvia Lopes | 4 | 3 | 11 |
GC – Clinical Management (1) | Fernando Leal da Costa | 4 | 11 | – |
GFH – Financial Management in Hospitals (1) | Ricardo Mestre | 4 | 15 | – |
LOS – Leadership in Health Organizations (1) | Isabel Albuquerque | Alexandre Lourenço | 4 | 16 | – |
EPS – Health Economics and Policy | Cláudia Furtado | 4 | 14 | – |
(1) As per the course coordinator’s guidance, students enrolled in the Master’s in Public Health should not register for these course units.
(2) Students in the Master’s in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Health Research may not register for this course unit, as it is a compulsory component of their study plan.
(3) Students in the Master’s in Health Promotion may not register for this course unit, as it is a compulsory part of their study plan.
(4) Students in the Master’s in Occupational Health and the Postgraduate Programme in Occupational Medicine may not register for this course unit, as its curricular content is covered as a compulsory component of their respective study plans.
(5) This course unit will be taught mainly in English.
* This course unit includes asynchronous e-learning teaching hours.
Course Unit | Pedagogical Coordinator | ECTS | TH (synchronous) | TH (asynchronous) | AEVSI – Counselling for a Healthy Lifestyle in Childhood | Ana Rita Goes | 4 | 15 | – |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CSP – Primary Healthcare | Paulo Sousa | Cristiano Figueiredo | 4 | 14 | – |
EAS – Active and Healthy Aging * | José Luiz Telles | Patricia Barbosa | 4 | 12 | 2 |
ES – Entrepreneurship & Health | Carolina Santos | 4 | 14 | – |
GPS – Healthcare Project Management | Carolina Santos | 4 | 14 | – |
GC – Clinical Management | Fernando Leal da Costa | 4 | 11 | – |
GRH – Human Resources Management | Inês Fronteira | 4 | 16 | – |
IC – Integration Care | Rui Santana | 4 | 15 | – |
AES – Economic Evaluation in Health | João Pereira | Cláudia Furtado | 4 | 14 | – |
EDDSS – Equity, Inequality, and Social Determinants of Health | João Pereira | 4 | 12 | – |
ECSP – Behavioral Economics in Public Health * | Joana Alves | 4 | 3 | 4 |
MPSD – Personalized Medicine and Digital Health (1) * | João Cordeiro | 4 | 3 | 5 |
AIH – Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (2) * | Joana Seringa | 4 | 12 | 2 |
(1) Students enrolled in the EPIBIS programme may not register for this course unit, as it is a compulsory component of their study plan.
(2) This course unit is taught in Portuguese and English.
* This course unit includes asynchronous e-learning teaching hours.
Registration for Optional Course Units is done individually through the netPA system.
Registrations will be open from 10:00 on 2nd October until 23:59 on 6th October 2025 (access netPA here).
Optional Course Units will be held with a minimum of 10 registrations and a maximum number of places defined on a case-by-case basis by the respective Coordinator.
According to the regulations approved by the Scientific and Pedagogical Councils of NOVA NSPH, students of NOVA NSPH:
