FASTinov Moves To UPTEC
FASTinov, a CINTESIS spin-off, is moving into the facilities of UPTEC – Science and Technology Park of the University of Porto, inaugurating a new and promising period of growth and expansion in the international market. Funded with 2.6 million euros by the European Commission, FASTinov has developed a patented disruptive technology to perform antimicrobial susceptibility testing (Flow Cytometry Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test) and is now [...]
CINTESIS Study Argues that Psychologists Must Play a Key Role in the Evaluation of the Wish to Die
Psychologists can and should be heard in the debate on the legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide, and intervene whenever someone declares their wish to die. These are the conclusions of Miguel Ricou, a psychologist and researcher at CINTESIS – Center for Health Technology and Services Research, and of Tony Wainwright, a researcher at the University of Exeter in the [...]
Portuguese App Funded to Initiate Internationalization
A group of researchers of CINTESIS – Center for Health Technology and Services Research, and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) have just won a grant of 50 thousand to initiate the internationalization of INSPIRERS – an application that aims to improve patients’ adherence to treatment for respiratory diseases such as asthma. The fund, granted by the [...]
Carers of Dementia Patients Endure Great Psychological Distress
Near half of the carers of people suffering from dementia experience significant levels of psychological distress, together with high levels of anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive behaviours, hostility, interpersonal sensitivity and paranoid thoughts, among other symptoms. This is the conclusion of a study published in Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, authored by Wilson Abreu and Carlos Sequeira, researchers of the NursID group of CINTESIS [...]
SIC // CINTESIS/ESEP Researchers Create Digital Scenarios for Nursing Students
The Nursing School of Porto debuts training tool for students, a simulator that teaches future nurses to take better decisions. The software, known as Body Interact, was created by the company Take The Wind and it aggregates nursing clinical scenarios, developed by researchers from CINTESIS/ESEP. (program in Portuguese).
CINTESIS/ESEP Researchers Implement Unprecedented System to Improve Nurses Training
A 68-year-old male, with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is admitted to the emergency room with aggravation of shortness of breath. What to do immediately? It is for “learning and thinking” in cases like this that from now on the Nursing School of Porto will be the first national nursing school to have a virtual clinical simulator for improving clinical decision-making [...]