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12406
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S2
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
TP(60H)
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| Scientific area |
Biomedical Sciences
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Entry requirements |
None.
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Mode of delivery |
Presence
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Work placements |
Not applicable
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Learning outcomes |
- Acquire basic notions of Geriatrics to understand different aspects of the aging process.
- Understand the normal age-related changes in vision.
- Understand the visual function anomalies, as well as assessment techniques and tests aimed at the geriatric patients.
- Identify the most common ocular pathologies in the elderly.
- Identify the most common systemic pathologies that affect the visual system, with particular emphasis on the elderly.
- Understand the characteristics of low-vision patients, assess their needs, perform calculations, and advise them on the selection of optical aids..
- Understand aspects of communication in healthcare settings and factors influencing adherence to recommendations or treatment and the psychological effects resulting from aging and low vision.
Understand the normal age-related changes in vision.
Understand visual function anomalies, as well as assessment techniques and tests aimed at geriatric patients.
Identify the most common ocular pathol
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Syllabus |
- Human development
- Geriatric Patient Abnormalities
- Systemic Pathology in the Elderly
- Ocular Pathologies in the Elderly
- Low Vision
- Psychology of Health in the Elderly
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Main Bibliography |
Beaver HA, Lee AG (2019) Geriatric Ophthalmology: A Competency-Based Approach (2nd Edition) Springer
Kane R, Ouslander J, Resnick B, Malone M (2018) Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics, 8th edition, McGraw Hill Education
Taylor S, Stanton A (2020) Health Psychology, 11th Edition, McGraw Hill Education
Jackson J, Wolffsohn JS (2007) Low Vision Manual. Butterworth Heinemann
Rosenbloom, Alfred A. (2006) Rosenbloom and Morgan’s Vision and Aging, Butterworth-Heinemann.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
To fulfill the proposed objectives and competences, the following activities and pedagogical methodologies are used:
Lectures with theoretical presentations, encouraging student participation, resolution of exercises, discussion of clinical cases, writing essays and other type of coursework, for knowledge acquisition.
Data acquisition in geriatric screening context.
Observation of real geriatric patients with ocular pathologies.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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