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Clinical Practice

Code	10872
Year	6
Semester	A1
ECTS Credits	48
Workload	E(620H)/OT(100H)
Scientific area	Ciências Médicas-Clinica
Entry requirements	Those defined for academic year transition
Mode of delivery	Face-to-face
Work placements	Faculty, Hospitals and Health Centres
Learning outcomes	Expose students to current clinical situations in the context of health services: hospitals and health centers, applying and developping communication competencies Develop practical, critical thinking and decision making skills. Apply research methodologies • evaluate the clinical situations, request additional tests, making differential diagnosis and negotiate a treatment plan • provide immediate care for medical emergencies, including first aid and resuscitation • communicate and interact effectively • demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental concepts of disease prevention and health promotion • apply ethical and legal principles in medical practice • Consider the psychological and social aspects of the disease • use information and information technology effectively in a medical context • apply scientific principles, methods and knowledge for medical practice and health research
Syllabus	• Identify and characterize the key problems in the area of ??Public Health • Recognize and establish priorities for the health needs of the individual, group, community and recognize their determinants. • Understand the main features and characteristics of a normal individual and what the main objectives of monitoring health throughout life. • Identify emerging and urgent clinical situations and manage them adequately particularly in trauma and cardiac arrest. • Demonstrate clinical skills to identify and address the most prevalent diseases in different age groups • Demonstrate scientific reasoning in decision making during medical practice. • Dealing with clinical records and communication.
Main Bibliography	Ivor, B., Griggs, R., Wing, E., & Fitz, J. (2015) Andreoli and Carpenter’s Cecil Essentials of Medicine. Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN: 978 -1437718997. Kasper, D., Fauci, A., Hauser, S., Longo, D., Jameson, J., & Los- calzo, J. (2015). Harrison’s principles of internal medicine, 19e. ISBN: 13: 978 -0071802154. Marcdante, K., & Kliegman, R. M. (2014). Nelson Essentials of Pedia- trics E -Book. Elsevier Health Sciences. 7e. ISBN:978 -1455759804. Brunicardi, F., Andersen, D., Billiar, T., Dunn, D. L., Hunter, J. G., Matthews, J. B., & Pollock, R. E. (2014). Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery, 10e. McGraw -Hill. ISBN: 978 -0071796750. Beckmann, C., Herbert, W., Laube, D., Ling, F., & Smith, R. (2013). Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7e. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN: 978 -1451144314. Harrison, P., Cowen, P., Burns, T., & Fazel, M. (2017). Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, 7e. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978 -0198747437.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.