Bahiana promotes the launch of the Bachelor's Degree Course in Physical Education

A Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública promoted, this Wednesday morning, May 20, at the Cabula Academic Unit, a ceremony to present the new Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education course, coordinated by Prof. Clarkson Placido Conceição.

The opening included a speech by the coordinator of People Development, Prof. Luiza Ribeiro, who introduced the institution to physical education professionals and representatives of institutions linked to the area that participated in the event. Graduation coordinators, professors and employees of the Bahiana Also present were the coordinator of undergraduate and graduate education, Prof. Maria de Lourdes de Freitas Gomes, who presented the work that the Bahiana has been developing to become a University Center.

The program also featured a presentation by the president of the Regional Council of Physical Education (CREF), Paulo César Vieira Lima, on the institution's position on the performance of physical education bachelor's graduates in the labor market and the professor at the Federal University of Bahia, Francisco Pitanga, who explained about the prospects for the formation of bachelor's degree courses in higher education institutions.

The ceremony ended with the speeches of the professor and coordinator of Ethics and Research at Bahiana, Roseny Ferreira, who spoke about the motivation of Bahiana in launching the Physical Education course and the coordinator of the Physical Education course, Clarcson Plácido, who explained the structure and functioning of the course.

“We believe that we can fill some gaps inherent in the training of physical education professionals today, especially with regard to the bachelor's degree course. With that, we bet on the first class of the course that will have approximately 30 students. This project will form a completely different egress profile from the one that has been formed in the physical education scenario and, when I speak of a different profile, I am referring to the professional who has a more critical reasoning based on their area of ​​expertise", declares Clarcson Placid.

For Paulo César Vieira, president of CREF, Bahia gains a lot with the launch of the Physical Education course at Bahiana and reports that the council received positive testimonials from all over Brazil regarding the news. “I think the Bahiana scores a goal by launching a bachelor's course in a different guise. With this, society ends up benefiting, as it will have professionals with a qualified education, with an opportunity to fit into an innovative model. We have a market for all areas, licentiate, bachelor's degree, and when academics leave college they should seek to qualify to conquer their space”. 

The course is launched with the objective of adding value to the work of physical education professionals and, according to the professor at the Federal University of Bahia, Dr. Francisco Pitanga, the initiative of Bahiana is a milestone in the resumption of growth in physical education in Bahia. “The bachelor's degree will train a differentiated student, with specific training in the health area, and we really need professionals of this size so that society can have qualified work in the area. I am sure that the professional who leaves here will be able to meet the market's needs”, he concludes.

 The coordinator of undergraduate and graduate education, Prof. Maria de Lourdes de Freitas Gomes, reports that the Bahiana bet on the course to improve people's quality of life, training professionals qualified for the market. "The Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education from Bahiana brings a focus on health promotion and I think this point is a differential. We will have a course added to a School dedicated to health, which already has other courses directed to the area and, in this way, we will establish an integrated, interdisciplinary work focused on health promotion”, he concludes.

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