Trans-Formação' is the theme of a reception lecture to the New ones from Bahiana

"May this rite of passage of your 'arrival' here be extraordinary, with a view to opening new cycles, new searches, new challenges. May your soul, spirit, heart and intelligence be very open to 'learning 'that will help you to be more humane and humanizing professionals. Make a difference with dignity, ethics and beauty." This was the message left by the philosopher, master and doctor in Education, Prof. Miguel Almir Lima de Araújo, from the State University of Feira de Santana (UEFS) and the State University of Bahia (UNEB), who, last Friday, July 25, presented the lecture "The Wholeness of the Human: Transforming Passages", maximum point of reception of the Novos da Bahiana.

The program opened with the words of the People Development coordinator, Luiza Ribeiro, who presented the various sectors of the Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, which will be in direct contact with the new students, such as the Pedagogical Supervision Nucleus (NUSP), which is managed by the pedagogue Jucinara Menezes and the Psychopedagogical Care Nucleus (NAPP), coordinated by the psychologist Angélica Mendes and responsible for the organization from reception to freshmen.

On the occasion, the Biomedicine coordinators, Prof. Geraldo Argolo; Nursing, Prof. Maria de Lourdes Freitas Gomes; Medicine, Prof. Dr. Eliana de Paula; Dentistry, Prof. Dr. Urbino Tunes; Physiotherapy, Prof. Luciana Bilitário and Psychology, Prof. Mônica Daltro. 

The freshmen and their families - who were also present - were able to check out a small performance of Coral Canta Bahiana; the exhibition of the speech of the Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, given at a special session of the United Nations (UN) and the presentation of a video in honor of the South African leader, Nelson Mandela.

According to Angelica Mendes, when the Bahiana preparing to receive her new students, she plans a welcoming moment of integration and reflection. "Actually, what we want is to think with them about the purpose of their being here, to make them feel partners in their training process. So, when we do this reception, we always think about a theme based on something relevant events that happened inside or outside the institution, throughout the year. Bahiana, in order to get acquainted and begin to experience the institution".

Meet the group of professionals and teachers of the Bahiana it was important to the freshman of Medicine, Ícaro Lessa, 19 years old. He says that he had never thought about becoming a doctor, but that the experience of the Formative Selection Process (Prosef) served to clarify doubts. “I found Prosef very interesting because of the experience that allowed us to get to know the institution, before entering it. Today (at the reception) we were able to meet the teachers, coordinators and pedagogues who will accompany us. So, this approach that the Bahiana offers before starting the course is really very good”.

Ícaro's opinion is shared by the new student of the Biomedicine course, Brenda Borges, 18 years old. “I thought the meeting today was excellent, because not just any university does this kind of thing. This makes you already know your classmates who will be your future co-workers. Prosef's experience was also very interesting, as it really motivated me to study Biomedicine, it opened my mind. Today I'm determined!”, she says.

Alongside Brenda, his youngest colleague, Camila Evelin, also 18 years old. They met during the Prosef experience and, at the freshmen reception, began to strengthen ties. “The experience is important because you meet new people, create a taste for the course, in addition to being an activity that humanizes the entrance exam for which we have been preparing for three years and is, in itself, such a tense thing. And when we got here, we got this wonderful reception”, declares Camila, showing great expectations regarding the Biomedicine course.

Welcome New from Bahiana!

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