Perceptions of UFOP medical students about their quality of life.

Assim como em qualquer comunidade, fatores estressantes estão presentes no dia a dia dos acadêmicos de Medicina, impactando sua qualidade de vida. Como um desdobramento da experiência pedagógica na disciplina Saúde e Sociedade, do curso de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (Ufop), um grupo de alunos decidiu investigar o tema, a fim de conhecer a própria percepção sobre o assunto. A partir de um grupo focal e com base em parâmetros adotados pelo Grupo de Qualidade de Vida da OMS, foram analisados fatores que têm determinado a qualidade de vida dos acadêmicos de Medicina. O principal elemento considerado na qualidade de vida do estudante de Medicina da Ufop é uma extensa carga horária curricular, frequentemente associada a uma carga excessiva de atividades extracurriculares, que limitam práticas de esporte, lazer e qualidade de sono. Outro ponto considerável é a precária relação dos alunos com a infraestrutura da cidade. Considera-se o grande desafio que se apresenta à adequação do programa do curso às diretrizes curriculares nacionais sem prejuízo das condições necessárias à saúde física e mental dos graduandos.As in any community, stressing factors are present in the day-to-day of medicine students, impacting on their quality of life. As a development of the teaching experience in the discipline “Health and Society”, at the medical school of the Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, a group of students decided to investigate the subject in order to undestand their own perceptions of the issue. A focus group was organised, based on the parameters adopted by the WHO Quality of Life Group, and factors used to determine medical students’ quality of life were analysed. The main elements considered relevant to the quality of life of UFOP medical students are related to long curricular class hours, often associated to an excessive load of extracurricular activities, which limit the practice of sport, leisure and quality of sleep. Another significant point is the precarious relationship between students and the city’s facilities. The great challenge lies in adjusting the course program to national curriculum guidelines without affecting the necessary conditions for the students’ physical and mental healt

Percepções dos estudantes de medicina da ufop sobre sua qualidade de vida

Assim como em qualquer comunidade, fatores estressantes estão presentes no dia a dia dos acadêmicos de Medicina, impactando sua qualidade de vida. Como um desdobramento da experiência pedagógica na disciplina Saúde e Sociedade, do curso de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (Ufop), um grupo de alunos decidiu investigar o tema, a fim de conhecer a própria percepção sobre o assunto. A partir de um grupo focal e com base em parâmetros adotados pelo Grupo de Qualidade de Vida da OMS, foram analisados fatores que têm determinado a qualidade de vida dos acadêmicos de Medicina. O principal elemento considerado na qualidade de vida do estudante de Medicina da Ufop é uma extensa carga horária curricular, frequentemente associada a uma carga excessiva de atividades extracurriculares, que limitam práticas de esporte, lazer e qualidade de sono. Outro ponto considerável é a precária relação dos alunos com a infraestrutura da cidade. Considera-se o grande desafio que se apresenta à adequação do programa do curso às diretrizes curriculares nacionais sem prejuízo das condições necessárias à saúde física e mental dos graduandos

Brazilian Flora 2020: Leveraging the power of a collaborative scientific network

International audienceThe shortage of reliable primary taxonomic data limits the description of biological taxa and the understanding of biodiversity patterns and processes, complicating biogeographical, ecological, and evolutionary studies. This deficit creates a significant taxonomic impediment to biodiversity research and conservation planning. The taxonomic impediment and the biodiversity crisis are widely recognized, highlighting the urgent need for reliable taxonomic data. Over the past decade, numerous countries worldwide have devoted considerable effort to Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC), which called for the preparation of a working list of all known plant species by 2010 and an online world Flora by 2020. Brazil is a megadiverse country, home to more of the world's known plant species than any other country. Despite that, Flora Brasiliensis, concluded in 1906, was the last comprehensive treatment of the Brazilian flora. The lack of accurate estimates of the number of species of algae, fungi, and plants occurring in Brazil contributes to the prevailing taxonomic impediment and delays progress towards the GSPC targets. Over the past 12 years, a legion of taxonomists motivated to meet Target 1 of the GSPC, worked together to gather and integrate knowledge on the algal, plant, and fungal diversity of Brazil. Overall, a team of about 980 taxonomists joined efforts in a highly collaborative project that used cybertaxonomy to prepare an updated Flora of Brazil, showing the power of scientific collaboration to reach ambitious goals. This paper presents an overview of the Brazilian Flora 2020 and provides taxonomic and spatial updates on the algae, fungi, and plants found in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. We further identify collection gaps and summarize future goals that extend beyond 2020. Our results show that Brazil is home to 46,975 native species of algae, fungi, and plants, of which 19,669 are endemic to the country. The data compiled to date suggests that the Atlantic Rainforest might be the most diverse Brazilian domain for all plant groups except gymnosperms, which are most diverse in the Amazon. However, scientific knowledge of Brazilian diversity is still unequally distributed, with the Atlantic Rainforest and the Cerrado being the most intensively sampled and studied biomes in the country. In times of “scientific reductionism”, with botanical and mycological sciences suffering pervasive depreciation in recent decades, the first online Flora of Brazil 2020 significantly enhanced the quality and quantity of taxonomic data available for algae, fungi, and plants from Brazil. This project also made all the information freely available online, providing a firm foundation for future research and for the management, conservation, and sustainable use of the Brazilian funga and flora