Physical Therapy Graduate Program

Mission

Train human resources in the stricto sensu graduate program, focusing on the skills and competences to teaching, research and extension activities in Physical Therapy, as well as perform health management activities supported by an evidence-based practice, meeting the demands of expanding the higher education and health services in Santa Catarina.

Eyesight

To be a consolidated program and recognized for the quality of academic training with impacts on society nationally and internationally for the quality in the production of scientific knowledge in Physical Therapy.

Values

- Quality training
- Insertion and impact on society
- Team integration
- Provision for continuous self-assessment and changes
- Ethics and transparency
- Quality of the products generated
- Results
- Respect for health and life

Program Differentials (Strengths)
It is the only Physical Therapy Graduate Program in the Southern region of the country, with:

• Solid formation of human resources, focusing on professor and research career;
• Specific disciplines in the areas of Physical Therapy; 
• Professors with diversified formations;
• Development of studies regarding Physical Therapy in national and international scenarios;
• Compromise with regional social development.