Uepa stands out in PET-Saúde Digital 2025 with the selection of six academic projects
The selection is an initiative of the Ministry of Health in partnership with the Ministry of Education, the final result of which was announced on Monday (9)
The State University of Pará (Uepa) approved six projects in the Call for the Education through Work for Health/Information and Digital Health Program (PET-Saúde Digital I&SD/2025), an initiative of the Ministry of Health in partnership with the Ministry of Education, the final result of which was announced today, 9. The proposals cover various campuses of the institution and reflect the university's commitment to technological innovation, digital inclusion, and strengthening public health in the Amazon. Uepa ranked fourth in the number of approved projects, which will be developed in the capital Belém, and in the municipalities of Ananindeua, Cametá, Marabá, Santarém, and Tucuruí, starting in the second semester of this year.
The PET-Saúde Digital 2025 is a program aimed at education through work in the health area, focusing on the digital transformation of the Unified Health System (SUS). The goal is to promote integration between teaching, service, and community, contributing to the qualification of health professionals' training and the development of innovative digital solutions that expand access and improve the quality of services offered.
The project titled Innovation and Access: Digital and Formative Strategies to Strengthen Management and Health Care in the Amazon Context, ranked 4th, was proposed by the Center for Biological and Health Sciences (CCBS), composed of the courses in Biomedicine, Nursing, Physical Education, Speech Therapy, Physiotherapy, Medicine, Public Health, and Occupational Therapy in partnership with the courses from the Center for Natural Sciences and Technologies (CCNT), Production Engineering, Software Engineering, and Design.
According to Meibia Martins Sena, a professor of the Occupational Therapy course at the Center for Biological and Health Sciences (CCBS), who coordinates the project in Belém, the initiative proposes actions in teaching, research, and extension aimed at professional training, ethics in new digital technologies, and interprofessional work. She also explained that educational actions will be carried out to strengthen governance in digital health, digital literacy of the population in Belém in using technologies such as Meu SUS Digital, diagnosing failures in digital infrastructure and connectivity in the Basic Health Units (UBS) of Belém, promoting the safe use of technologies, implementing the app "SUSBelém: Where should I go?" and developing the Research and Innovation Center in Digital Health at Uepa.
Meibia Sena adds that PET Saúde/Information and Digital Health seeks the digital transformation of SUS. "The new PET-Saúde/I&SD follows the guidelines of SUS Digital and encourages collaborative network work, through tutorial groups formed by teachers, students from health undergraduate courses and other areas related to information, and health service workers with the support of municipal health secretariats. This edition innovates by integrating health, higher education and technical training, technology, research, and innovation in SUS, focusing on critical training in digital health, development of digital solutions, and a culture of secure data. Developing the project was challenging, but the collective construction made the project successful and approved with a good national ranking."
Five more Uepa campuses also had projects approved in the PET-Saúde Digital 2025 call. Campus XXII, in Ananindeua, achieved 34th place with the project PET Saúde Digital Ananindeua: Strengthening Skills for Digital Transformation in SUS. Next, campus XII, in Santarém, ranked 42nd with the proposal Digital Health in the Amazon: Qualification and Training for Social Inclusion. Campus XVIII, in Cametá, obtained 61st place with the project Digital Inclusion in SUS: Technology in monitoring and caring for families of children with autism in the Amazon. Campus VIII, in Marabá, reached 67th place with the initiative Information and Digital Health: Integrated System for Analysis and Epidemiological Monitoring of Tropical Diseases with Continuous Updates in Marabá/PA. Finally, campus XIII, in Tucuruí, secured 74th place and will develop the project PET-Saúde Amazon Digital.
Text: Diane Maués
Photos: Disclosure and Pará Agency.
