Institute
The Institute Superior of Medicine and Dermatology (ISMD) began its educational
activities on Aug. 8, 2006, with a class of 70 students in Rio de Janeiro. Some months
later, in early 2007, the Institute opened classes in Sao Paulo and Belo Horizonte. Since
then the center has graduated over 800 ISMD students all engaged in their chosen
specialty and they are now working different medical centers in Brazil.
Even before working on the learning process, the Institute in partnership with
the "Association Friends of the Skin" was already carrying out free medical care to
needy communities. Over the past nine years w have joint efforts with others and built a
multidisciplinary team. Dermatologists, medical students, psychologists, social workers,
pharmacists, biochemists, nursing assistants, nurses, physiotherapists, had joined us for
the benefit of the poorest population in the state of Minas Gerais. To extend the benefits
to more people across the country, it was necessary to organize the efforts on a more
orderly fashion.
In Post Graduate "lato sensu", ISMD search to improve skills and training of personnel
in the health area, extending its action outside their walls, which showed their potential
for community educational programs. Designing projects based on epidemiological
surveys key to the development of research in the area, and also the joint work between
interested university and Public Health entities for the ongoing academic and scientific
improvement.
Today, with their own headquarters very well fitted in Belo Horizonte and Sao Paulo,
the Institute offers post graduation courses "lato sensu" in Dermatology, Cosmetic
Dermatology Advanced, Endocrinology, Psychiatry, Microbiology, Forensic Medicine,
Occupational Medicine, Clinical Cytology, Pharmaceutical Care and Nursing in
Dermatology.
WHY DO YOU WANT TO APPLY FOR POST GRADUATION AT THE ISMD?
- Excellent headquarters physical structures
- Agreement of collaboration with Michigan State University
- Over 30,000 registered patients with different pathologies that that receive free care
- Coordination with excellent training
- Teachers and tutors with high degree titles, master's or doctorate in the area
- Excellent clinical staff
- Library and access to internet and cyber café
- Laboratory with microscopes
