qualifications: MD, PhD
position: Associate Professor
department: Department of Medical Sciences
General Practitioner from 1987 to 1995. Specialist in Family Medicine/General Practice by the Portuguese Medical Association since 1995. Competence in Management of Health Services since 2003 and in Geriatrics since 2015 by the Portuguese Medical Association. Professor at the University of Aveiro from 2003 to 2011 and at the University of Beira Interior since 2015. Family Therapist by the Portuguese Society of Family Therapy since 2007. Family Physician in the USF Caminhos do Certoma since 2018.
Original Research 30 August 2021
Primary care reform in Greece: a focus on patients
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Creating positive early rural placements in medical education
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Discharge against medical advice in rural and remote emergency departments
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Retention of early-career GPs as independent specialists in former training practices
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Rural GP Association of Scotland (RGPAS) Annual Conference #RGPAS24, 15–17 November 2024, Inverness, Scotland
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11th Biennial Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC) 2024, 2–6 December 2024, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Australia
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4th International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference 2025, 16–19 June 2025, Adelaide Convention Centre, Kaurna Country, Australia
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