I International Seminar on Graduate Programs honors Prof. Dr. Carlos Marcílio de Souza

A tribute to Prof. Dr. Carlos Alfredo Marcílio de Souza, who died on January 4, 2015, marked the I International Seminar on Stricto Sensu Graduate Programs Bahiana, held on the morning of March 20, at the Academic Unit Brotas. The meeting was attended by professors and graduate students and coordinators of undergraduate courses, in addition to guests such as the physician and former governor of Bahia, Dr. Roberto Santos, the widow of Prof. Carlos Marcílio, Maria Thereza Marcílio Souza and the president of Cremeb, Dr. José Abelardo Garcia de Meneses. The opening table was also chaired by Prof. Dr. Bernardo Galvão, Prof. Dr. Luiz Cláudio Correia, Prof. Dr. Marcus Almeida and Prof. Dr. Ana Maria Ladeia.

The program had the participation of teachers from the Bahiana and guests, including conductor Paulo Lima and musician Mario Ulloa, who led the participants to a reflection on the scientific methodology having music as an object of study, with the lecture "Ciência Lúdica".

Another important point of the seminar was to highlight the partnership between the Bahiana and Johns Hopkins University (JHU). According to Prof. Luiz Cláudio, the agreement aims to carry out a study that will be coordinated by Prof. João Lima (JHU) in the interior of Bahia, research to be carried out by academics from Bahiana and from the American university. "The partnership between the two institutions is fostered by the CNPq, through the Science without Borders program. It is a program that finances the coming of this professor for three years and also going to the United States. It is a partnership based on a professor, but which ends up being between the institutions". He explains that the study has as its motto the assessment of cardiovascular risk factors among Indians.

The researcher João Lima emphasizes the importance of the Science without Borders program, in terms of the incentive offered to Brazilian researchers, who are now based abroad, to return to the country with professional goals. "For me, the partnership between the institutions brings a huge benefit, because I learn from a different reality, which is my original reality. This project has enormous value, not only personal but also professional, as we are going to study indigenous populations within the Bahia. For the institution, the advantage is the exposure to another scientific reality and, therefore, there is an intertwining of objectives and advantages allowed by the Science without Borders Program, which creates the possibility of placing Brazilian researchers who are working outside Brazil back to reality of the country". To mark the partnership, Prof. João Lima participated in a series of lectures that were part of the program.

Two other institutional partnerships marked the seminar. In the afternoon, there was an interactive telepresential presentation with Gustavo Barcelar, a researcher linked to the University of Porto (Portugal) and a former student of Bahiana. Directly from the city of Porto and, through videoconference, he spoke about the use of information technology in health, such as the electronic recording of patient data, use of teaching technologies such as the virtual stethoscope, possibilities for sharing courses and search. 

Another guest researcher was the professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Guy Hembroff. He participated in a roundtable where he presented his institution, commented on the various resources involving health technology for care, teaching and research, such as telemedicine, telediagnosis and 3D modeling for anatomical parts. On the occasion, the professor proposed a partnership and exchange between students and professors from Bahiana.

For Professor Luiz Cláudio Correia, creator and coordinator of the seminar, the purpose of the activity was to bring academics closer to scientific methodology, from a more flexible point of view. "The objective of the seminar is to inspire our entire academic community in relation to research and show that research does not have to be a thing based on rigidity. The more flexible we are, the better researcher we are. So, scientific methodology does not should serve to inhibit creativity, so we're doing it in a different way."

Tribute

Professor Dr. Bernardo Galvão highlighted the importance of Dr. Carlos Marcílio's contribution as the founder and founder of the Graduate Program at Bahiana. "Professor Marcílio was the creator of this course, which is solidified today, thanks also not only to the idea he gave, but to the role he played in consolidating the course and this seminar is an expression, an indicator of this consolidation. Today, Here we had important people in the field of science, music in the Bahian, national and international scene, showing that the course is of an even better quality. We hope that this course is perpetuated and continues to bear the fruits that are so important for the Bahiana."

Maria Thereza Marcilio Souza

For Dr. Roberto Santos, Dr. Carlos Marcílio was a humanizer of health. "The patients he attended were sure that he did it with the best knowledge and in the best way possible. But he also had a tendency towards teaching, even as a student and then in graduate school. He always knew how to observe the that there was more up to date to teach medicine and the best way to humanize this work".

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