International Extension Programs

Our mission is to open doors for a global dialogue that fosters collaboration and cultural exchange between students and in the field of health.

If you study in a Graduate or Undergraduate program at another country and you want to take advantage of our programs for international students, you can enroll in any extension practice of an Experiential Education, also in a Visiting Research Student program or attend to any Course of the Continuing Studies  including Portuguese as a Second Language (PSL).

In doing so, you can have experiential learns in health care, community health promotion and education activities, and/or interact with our research groups.

This is an opportunity to enrich your academic life in the field of health care and health education in Latin America. More over you may also improve your ability in the Portuguese Language if you apply for the Portuguese Language course.

Experiential Education

This program consists of short-term internships for international students in the  Medicine, Dentistry, Psychology, Physiotherapy, Biomedicine, Nursing or Physical Education Programs.

The internships may happen in different unites of health care at Bahiana Saúde (Bahiana’s Health) and each international student has an advisor professor. It is possible to register in more than one internship since there is not an overlapping of schedule.

NOTE: if you are an exchange student and would like to attend an internship that is not offered by the program you signed up for, you can still do it as an elective practice for a fee. Send a message to reai@bahiana.edu.br for more information.

Dentistry Clinic

Wound Care Clinic

Outpatient Clinic for Primary Health Care - Medicine

Outpatient Clinic for Primary and Specialized Care - Nursing

Physiotherapeutic Clinic

Odontology Laboratory

Health Education Practices (Candeal Program)

Outpatient Clinic for Primary and Specialized Cares - Medicine

Outpatient Clinic for Primary Health Care - Nursing

Physical Education Practices

Psychology Practices Move

Continuing Studies

Portuguese as a Second Language (PSL)
Portuguese as a Second Language (PSL) for Public Health Professionals OnLine (credit course)

Health and Tropical Diseases

Research 

Visiting Research Student

Do I need to know Portuguese to participate in the Programs?

It is requested a basic knowledge of Portuguese to participate in the programs. In each program there is the indication of the needed level of knowledge.

It is possible to reach the needed basic level for some internships, through the course of Portuguese as a Second Language – PSL (8 weeks).