The project Re(h)habilitate: Continuing health education, designed by Santos Dumont Institute (ISD) It is Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), will offer monthly meetings, through the University Telemedicine Network (RUTE).
On February 23, an ISD team coordinated the project's inaugural class, which was accompanied by professionals from Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Bahia and Amazonas. UFRN professors Reginaldo Freitas Júnior (Tocogynecology Department) and Izabel Hazin (Psychology Department) coordinate the project. Reginaldo, who is also Director of Teaching and Research at ISD, highlights the importance of this initiative: “The inclusion of Re(h)abilitar in RUTE represents yet another strategy to strengthen permanent health education actions developed by ISD. The Network is an important channel for collaboration and communication in teaching and research, in addition to interconnecting all federal higher education institutions and federal research units”.
This project is coordinated with the Specialized Rehabilitation Center (CER III), of the Anita Garibaldi Health Education and Research Center (CEPS), and the Multiprofessional Residency in Health Care for People with Disabilities at ISD, recently approved by the Ministry of Education . The objective of Re(h)abilitar is to integrate, at local and regional levels, researchers and health professionals in research actions and interprofessional work working in the areas of auditory, motor, intellectual and cognitive habilitation and rehabilitation with an emphasis on Microcephaly clinics, Acquired or congenital Spinal Cord Injury, Parkinson's, Epilepsies and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
“This new interaction interface between ISD and UFRN has great potential to bring benefits to institutions, professionals and users of the Care Network for People with Disabilities. Furthermore, the choice of Microcephaly as the central theme for 2018 is the response to a serious social demand that ISD understands as a priority at this moment”, explains Reginaldo.
Throughout the year the central theme of the meetings will be the habilitation of children with Microcephaly. The choice for this theme is due to the high rate of cases in newborns in 2015 (54.6 cases per 100,000 live births), especially in the Northeast region (139 cases per 100,000 live births). In 2018, these children enter school age and, with this, the need for support for hearing, physical and intellectual qualifications increases to facilitate social and school inclusion.
The Re(h)abilitar Project meetings will be coordinated by ISD, UFRN, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB) and Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB) and will be accessible to all Brazilian institutions that have links with Rede Rute.
External interested parties can follow the meetings, requiring a broadband connection and an audio device. The steps to follow the discussions are listed below:
1) Access the address:
https://conferenciaweb.rnp.br/webconf/sigrehabilitar;
2) In the “I don’t have an account” window, enter your name and city/state. Click on “enter”;
3) Wait to enter the virtual meeting room.
Below, the 2018 annual schedule of meetings of the Re(h)abilitar project: Continuing health education. All meetings take place from 11am to 12:30pm:
23/03: Neuroscience and Neuroengineering in the study of Microcephaly – Edgard Morya/Manuela Sales / ISD;
27/04: Construction of a care network for children with Microcephaly – Juliana Sousa Soares de Araújo / UFPB;
25/05: Intensive Multidisciplinary Protocol for Children with Microcephaly (Congenital Syndrome) due to Zika Virus – Paula Lisiane Assunção / UESB;
29/06: The ICF as an integrative model in the multidisciplinary assessment of Microcephaly – Egmar Longo / HUAB-UFRN;
27/07: Motor qualification of children with Microcephaly: Physiotherapy assessment and intervention protocols – Ana Raquel Lindquist/ Camila Simão / MEJC-UFRN/ISD;
31/08: The role of the speech therapist in the qualification of Microcephaly – Cintia Azoni/ Marília Pontes / MEJC-UFRN/ISD;
28/09: Activity and participation of children with Microcephaly: A view based on the ICF – Egmar Longo / HUAB-UFRN;
30/11: Microcephaly and Parenting – Symone Melo/Fernanda Rebouças / MEJC-UFRN/ISD;
14/12: Closing of the Microcephaly thematic calendar: proposals for research partnerships and therapeutic guidelines for Microcephaly – Reginaldo Freitas Júnior/Izabel Hazin / MEJC-UFRN / ISD.
Text and photos: Ariane Mondo / Ascom – ISD
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