The Scientific-Pedagogical Unit of Maternal Health, Obstetric and Gynecologic Nursing (UCP-ESMOG) of the Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC) focuses on the development of teaching/learning skills, research, service provision to the community, and national and international, interinstitutional collaborations, based on disciplinary and transdisciplinary knowledge.
Its mission is to train leading professionals in comprehensive nursing care to women/couples and newborns, promoting the integration between teaching/learning, research and community services in the following areas of Nursing knowledge and allied areas: Maternal Health and Obstetrics, Neonatology, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Women’s Health, Childbirth Education and Parenting, and Nursing Education.