Project of Intervenção or Applied GS Research

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The contents focus on the design of an intervention / internship project or of an applied research project, which will be implemented during the 2nd semester.
The evaluation of this curricular unit consists at the presentation of a written intervention/ applied research project (100%).

1. To design, from a gerontological context needs assessment, a development project that includes an individual, institutional and community focus, oriented towards the elderly’s quality of life enhancement and towards the improvement of services and practices within organizational, family or community scope.
2. To design, considering the context under study, an applied research project in order to produce knowledge in the field of aging and improve interventions for / with the elderly.
3. To analyze the challenges of aging, according to an integrated perspective, taking into account the biological, psychological, social, demographic, cultural and historical dimensions, proposing contexts adjusted solutions and socially innovative.

The design of the Intervention / Internship Project is supported by a needs assessment conducted in the context of work, involving individual, family, institutional and Community dimensions. This project implementation will take place during the second semester at the curricular unit of Intervention (Internship).
The option for an applied research includes the execution of a research project, one that includes as well the implications of the knowledge produced in terms of improving social action in the context of aging, in the particular context of the study.

• - Project - 100.0%

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