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Webmaster e Editor Principal

Carlos Manuel da Silva Martins
Born on April 25th, 1970 in Kaiserslautern, Federal Republic of Germany.
e-Mail: carlosmartins20@gmail.com
Scientific IDs:
Web of Science ResearcherID: C-3924-2013
ORCID: 0000-0001-8561-5167
Scopus Author ID: 56079240600
Ciência ID: 2410-9945-8A44
ResearchGate: @Carlos_Martins17
| Education
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| 1996 | Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da Universidade do Porto
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| 2014 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Clinical and Health Services Research
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FMUP)
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| 2021 | Title of “Agregado” in Clinical and Health Services Research
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FMUP)
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| 2022 | Absolute merit approval for Full Professor
Universidade da Beira Interior
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| 2025 | Programa de Alta Direção de Instituições de Saúde (PADIS)
AESE Business School, Lisboa. Completed with distinction
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| 2026 | Competence in Health Services Management
Portuguese Medical Association, Northern Regional Branch |
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Teaching Activity
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| 2003-2004 | Volunteer Teacher
Preventive Medicine, Community Medicine, FMUP
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| 2004-2014 | Invited Teaching Assistant
Preventive Medicine, Community Medicine, FMUP
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| 2014-2022 | Assistant Professor
Department of Community Medicine, Health Information and Decision Sciences, FMUP
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| Teacher
1st cycle of studies: 5 curricular units 2nd cycle of studies: 3 curricular units 3rd cycle of studies: 2 curricular units Post-graduate and continuing medical education: 6 courses
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| 2020-2022 | Course Director
2nd Studies Cycle in Primary Health Care
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| Member of the Scientific Commission
2nd Studies Cycle in Primary Health Care
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| Member of Follow-up Commission
2nd Studies Cycle in Primary Health Care
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| Coordinator of 6 continuing medical education courses | |
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Scientific Activity
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| 2014-Present | Researcher at the Center for Health Technologies and Services Research (CINTESIS), current RISE-Health Research Network
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| Research, Teaching and Scientific Funding
Principal investigator in 2 projects funded by the AstraZeneca Portugal Foundation (€30,000, 2010), and Coordinator (Course Director) of the Master’s Degree in Primary Health Care, FMUP, generating €101,250 in advanced-training revenue (2020/2021 and 2021/2022); total cumulative funding as Principal Investigator or Coordinator: €131,250.
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| Supervisor
10 MSc degree candidates (2nd cycles of studies) 8 PhD degree candidates (3rd cycles of studies)
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| Publications
Co-author of at least 86 publications, including 50 full papers in scientific journals indexed by the Web of Science, Scopus or PubMed, 47 publications after obtaining a PhD Web of Science: 898 citations, h-index 14 Scopus: 1056 citations by 987 documents, h-index 15 ResearchGate: 1565 citations, h-index 18
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| Scientific Meetings
Organization/Chair: 21 Lecturer: 47
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| Academic evaluation juries
Participation in 11 PhD degree juries (7 at FMUP, 4 at other universities) Participation in 10 MSc degree juries (8 at FMUP, 2 at other universities) |
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Clinical Activity
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| 2002 | Specialist degree in Family Medicine
Classification: 19.0 values (out of 20.0) Centro de Saúde de Aldoar, Porto
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| 2003-2012 | Attending physician in Family Medicine
Centro de Saúde São João, Porto
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| 2012-Present | Head of the Family Medicine Center, CUF Porto Instituto
Coordinator of a team of 18 Family Doctors Attending physician in Family Medicine, CUF Porto Instituto |
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Other Activities
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| 2018-2023 | Chair of EUROPREV
Chair of the European Network for Prevention and Health Promotion in Family Medicine and General Practice (EUROPREV)
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| 2008-2017 2025-Present |
TV Guest on the “Praça da Alegria” TV show (RTP)
Health education topics for the general public
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| 2025 | Dr. Stety® animated short film
Writer and voice of the main character of the health education short film “Dr. Stety: How to deal with Stress” (IMDb tt38496996)
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| 2007-Present | MGFamiliar®
Founder, webmaster and editor of the medical web portal MGFamiliar.net
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| 2012-Present | Dr.Share®
Founder, webmaster and community manager of the medical social network DrShare.pt, with 14,673 registered medical doctors
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| 2013-Present | MG Familiar, Lda
Founder of the company behind the MGFamiliar®, Dr.Share® and #H4A digital projects
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| 2018-Present | #H4A Primary Health Care Research Network
Founder of the research network www.h4a.pt
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| 2012-Present | Mobile Apps
Author of multiple mobile apps for iOS and Android, including: Pregnancy Calculator, ICPC-2, SOAP Notes, Family Assessment, MGFamiliar, Dr.Share
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| 2013-Present | Online Medical Education
Organized 169 online Continuing Medical Education webinars and 19 online 30-hour courses with final evaluation |
