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Keep up to date with free courses from UNA-SUS: online training with certification for healthcare professionals.
If you are a healthcare professional and are looking for free courses quality, focusing on current and relevant topics for your practice, you need to know the UNA-SUS. The platform is an initiative of the Ministry of Health that offers distance learning with certification, updated content focused on the real needs of the Brazilian population.
Next, you can check out free course highlights focused on Primary Health Care (PHC), mental health, care for children, adolescents and the elderly, among other essential topics. Continue reading and choose your next training!
What is UNA-SUS?
Created in 2010, the Open University of the Unified Health System (UNA-SUS) is a national network that brings together 35 higher education institutions. Its objective is to promote continuing education for SUS professionals, focusing on improving the quality of services provided to the population.
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More than 9,5 million registrations have already been carried out in free courses offered by the platform. UNA-SUS offers training in several modalities: extension, qualification, improvement, specialization and even professional master's degree.
Why take free courses through UNA-SUS?
- Completely free;
- Certification guaranteed;
- EAD modality (distance learning);
- Flexibility of schedules;
- Content focused on day-to-day public health;
- Recognized by the Ministry of Health.
If you work in Primary Care, this is a unique opportunity to update yourself with practical, interactive and accessible content from anywhere in the country.
Check out the free courses available at UNA-SUS
Care for Child Development in Primary Health Care
This course aims to prepare Primary Health Care professionals to promote comprehensive development of the child, strengthening the bond between caregivers and children, as well as parenting skills.
With a workload of 30 hours, the course is aimed at higher-level professionals, such as nurses, doctors, psychologists, physiotherapists, speech therapists, nutritionists and occupational therapists.
The methodology is interactive, with content applicable to the APS routine. At the end, the participant receives free certification.
are offered 20 thousand vacancies, and the course is an excellent opportunity for improvement for those who work with child health in the SUS.
Approach to Geriatric Syndromes and Palliative Care in Primary Health Care
Aimed at healthcare professionals and others interested in the topic, this course has a workload of 12 hours and seeks to qualify care for the elderly population in PHC.
It addresses the main geriatric syndromes, the importance of multidimensional assessment of the elderly, in addition to presenting palliative care based on documents such as the Basic and Home Care Notebooks.
The content also includes guidance on the rights of the elderly, such as retirement and the Continuous Benefit Payment (BPC), based on the Elderly Statute.
Ideal for professionals who wish to improve the humanized and qualified approach to old age in the context of the SUS.
Improvement in Mental Health and Psychosocial Care for Adolescents and Young People
With a workload of 180 hours, this free course is aimed at professionals who work with teenagers and young people, mainly in the areas of health, education, social assistance and public safety.
Produced by Fiocruz Mato Grosso do Sul in partnership with Unicef, the course aims to strengthen knowledge about mental health and psychosocial care, especially in crisis contexts.
The training is based on three pillars: transdisciplinarity, with a plural and integrated approach; intersectorality, promoting dialogue between different areas; and the rights guarantee system, encouraging action as an agent of social transformation.
Children's Health Record: Intersectoral Instrument for Promoting Comprehensive Child Health Care
This 30-hour course is aimed at SUS professionals and managers who wish to improve the use of Children's Notebook as an instrument for monitoring and promoting children's health.
The training teaches how to use the notebook in its entirety, recording, evaluating and monitoring the development of children monitored in health units.
The free course offers an intersectoral view of care, reinforcing the importance of comprehensive care from the earliest years of life.
How to Search for Scientific Evidence in Healthcare Databases
With a workload of 40 hours, this course is ideal for health professionals, researchers, students, librarians and members of civil society interested in improving their skills in scientific search.
The content covers everything from the main types of studies, through the creation of search strategies, to the application of these strategies in the main databases in the health area.
The objective is to enable the student to develop effective research, recovering quality scientific evidence to support clinical, political and management decisions.
Care for Overweight and Obese Children and Adolescents in Primary Health Care
This free 30-hour course was developed to support PHC professionals in caring for children and adolescents with overweight and obesity, according to the Body Mass Index (BMI) criteria by age.
The content presents updated data on childhood obesity, as well as practical strategies for diagnosis and treatment, focusing on diet, physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep and mental health.
It is essential training for those who wish to act in a preventive and therapeutic way, promoting health and quality of life from childhood.
How to enroll in free UNA-SUS courses?
To register for free courses from UNA-SUS, just access the official website: www.unasus.gov.br. Registration is quick and free.
After registering, you can browse all the offers and enroll in the courses of your choice. All courses are in the EAD (distance learning) format, with free certification at the end.
