Teaching

Passionate about teaching from an early age, Márcio Navalho began his formal Academic Career shortly after completing his Degree in Medicine in 2003, hired as Guest Assistant of the Physiological Biochemistry and Biochemistry II Subjects of FML, where he remained until 2012.

Between 2004 and 2007 he was a free lecturer in the Imaging Subject of FML and between 2010 and 2014 in the Diseases of the Locomotor System Subject of the same Faculty.

Two years after finishing his PhD work, in 2014, he was hired as Guest Assistant Professor at the New Atlântica University, responsible for all the teaching of Imaging in the Complementary Means of Diagnosis and Therapy Subject, a project that he would maintain until 2018.

In 2018, he joined NOVA Medical School (NMS), which has since become his principal academic institution, as an Invited Assistant Professor, a position he continues to hold. He is currently responsible for leading the Medicine 4.0 Course.

The NMS’s Medicine 4.0 Subject was, at the time of its creation, in 2018, the first structured Subject available in a Medicine curriculum worldwide, completely dedicated to the important role of technology in the Medical practice during the fourth industrial revolution. Addressing in depth complex topics such as digital health in all its facets, cybermedicine, biomechanics, monitoring and medical devices, internet of things, artificial intelligence, robotics, big data. In the Subject, Márcio Navalho coordinates a teaching group of excellence, composed of 17 PhD graduates, with academic backgrounds as diverse as Medicine, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering.

In 2024, he coordinated the first edition of the Advanced Training Course in Medicine 4.0 at NOVA Medical School, an academic initiative dedicated to exploring the impact of technological transformation on medical practice and preparing healthcare professionals for the challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Comprising 3 ECTS credits and 16 modules, the course brought together a multidisciplinary teaching faculty, covering areas such as artificial intelligence, telemedicine, medical robotics, intelligent devices, tissue engineering and healthcare entrepreneurship. Designed for physicians and other healthcare and technology professionals, it aimed to bridge scientific and technological innovation with its practical application in medicine.