School Clinics

Unaerp's school clinics are spaces for practices, internships and research of courses in the Health area and, at the same time, serve the population. The necessary resources for learning and the complete infrastructure for excellent care to the community are available in all the university's school clinics.

 

DENTISTRY CLINIC

The Dentistry Clinic has a complete infrastructure, offering dental treatment in various specialties to patients referred by the Municipal Health Department of Ribeirão Preto. The clinic performs Urgency and Emergency care and is able to treat patients with special needs with physical, motor, mental, communication and people with chronic somatic diseases. With the objective of providing qualified service to the population, the Clinic performs about 32 thousand procedures per year, destined to the community of Ribeirão Preto and its region, through an agreement with SUS.

 

PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC

The Physiotherapy Clinic is the most complete and free specialized physiotherapy service center in the region, being recognized for the quality of the services it offers to the community. The infrastructure was designed to offer services in all physiotherapy specialties and has state-of-the-art equipment. In addition, it is possible to developing inter and multidisciplinary research with other academic programs at the University, schools, and institutions, where new physiotherapeutic treatment methods and technologies are studied. On average, 15 thousand consultations are performed to patients from the Public Health System who are referred by the Ribeirão Preto Municipal Health Department in the areas of orthopedics and traumatology, neurology, postural re-education, geriatrics, amputees, pneumology, pediatrics, cardiology, rheumatology, urogynecology, worker health, hydrotherapy, obstetrics, among others. It also provides physiotherapeutic care in the Public Health Program - Home Care Service (SAD) and in the Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa, treating patients in the hospital's ward and ICU.

 

PSYCHOLOGY CLINIC

The Psychology Clinic of Unaerp serves as a research department and performs more than 10,000 attendances annually. The clinic is part of students' practical learning from the Psychology undergraduate program. Its differentials are its multidisciplinary approach and complete infrastructure. It performs individual and group care for the whole city and region at no cost, such as: Individual Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents, Individual Psychotherapy for Adults, Group Psychotherapy, Psychodiagnosis, School and Educational Psychology, Special Education, Vocational / Professional Guidance, Prevention and Health Promotion, Health in the Hospital Context, Family Health, Psychological Duty, Mental Health and Work Psychology.

 

Furthermore, it also offers the Psychopedagogical Support Service to Unaerp students – SeAP, which is a free assistance to students through brief psychotherapy, promoting mental health, and support for adaptation at the university.

 

Service activities can also be carried out in institutions and partner organizations.

 

NUTRITION CLINIC

The Nutrition Clinic of Unaerp provides services to the community through referral of the different medical specialties of the Electro Bonini Hospital and the Basic Health Units of the Eastern District of Ribeirão Preto.

 

It works with the collaboration and participation of a multidisciplinary team that, directly or indirectly, is linked to issues of nutrition and human nutrition. The consultations aim to improve the nutritional and health status of patients, aiming to develop appropriate attitudes towards food, considering cognitive, emotional, behavioral and socioeconomic aspects for a better quality of life and health recovery. In addition, the Clinic's professionals provide differentiated care according to the pathological specificities presented by patients such as arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, heart, kidney and intestinal diseases, among others, adopting specific dietary approaches. It has been in operation since August 2000, with the proposal of nutritional education in order to change life habits, especially food, seeking a lasting effect on the results obtained.

Furthermore, the objective of the Nutrition Clinic is to promote, recover and maintain the health of individuals and communities, contributing to the quality of life improvement.