General Practice from 1987 to 1995. Specialist in Family Medicine / General Practice by the Medical Association since 1995. Competence in Health Service Management since 2003 and in Geriatrics since 2015 by the Medical Association. Professor at the University of Aveiro from 2003 to 2011 and at the University of Beira Interior since 2015. Family Therapist at the Portuguese Society of Family Therapy since 2007. Coordinator of Medical Residency in General Practice / Family Medicine in the Central Zone of Portugal since 2020. Member of the executive committee of EURIPA.