Opportunities for training in microbiology adapted to the needs of Third World countries

Regenmortel, M.H.V. Van; Colwell, Rita R.; Haghighi, Lotfali; Loutit, Margaret W.; Okafor, Ngozi

doi:10.1007/bf01202131

World J Microbiol Biotechnol

1990

DOI: 10.1007/bf01202131

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Opportunities for training in microbiology adapted to the needs of Third World countries

M.H.V. Van Regenmortel

Rita R. Colwell

Lotfali Haghighi

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Teaching of microbiology in Brazil: progress or stagnation?

Freire¹,

Gambale²

1996

World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology

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There is a severe shortage of trained microbiologists in Brazil which is hampering the development and expansion of microbiology/biotechnology research, the development of the biotechnology industries and environmental control agencies. Even some medical areas are affected. The reason for this situation lies in the deficient teaching of microbiology, where undergraduate courses in the biological sciences contain little or no microbiology, and in the low number of professionals that are produced. There are a few post-graduates courses in microbiology but these have high costs and little capacity for expansion. There is a need for incentives for the establishment of more undergraduate university courses, more practical training in specific areas, courses for retraining or updating of professionals already at work and specific programmes by the funding agencies.

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Teaching of microbiology in Brazil: progress or stagnation?

Freire¹,

Gambale²

1996

World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology

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University education and training of microbiologists in Brazil: 1990-2000

Freire

Sá

2004

Braz. J. Microbiol.

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This paper aims to contribute to the discussion and concern on the future of microbiology in Brazil. This work presents a survey carried out in 2001 that shows a picture of Microbiology status in Brazil. Most of the conclusions are based on the data collected from the university courses and from the data supplied by the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Level Personnel (CAPES). However, some of the affirmatives are more based on the experiences with postgraduate teaching in microbiology than on the data provided by official institutions. Such affirmatives were made in order to improve the development of the microbiology in Brazil. Also, a plan that proposes higher number of scholarships awarded to microbiology, to increase the possibility to form a critical mass necessary for further development of the Brazilian microbiology, is presented in order to produce discussion and more debate on the future of the Microbiology in Brazil.

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Opportunities for training in microbiology adapted to the needs of Third World countries

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Teaching of microbiology in Brazil: progress or stagnation?

Teaching of microbiology in Brazil: progress or stagnation?

University education and training of microbiologists in Brazil: 1990-2000

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