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Introduction to Pathology

Code 13618
Year 3
Semester A1
ECTS Credits 32
Workload E(30H)/OT(325H)/PL(20H)/TP(50H)
Scientific area Biopathological Sciences
Entry requirements Those related to academic year transition
Mode of delivery Theoretical and practical teaching, through seminars, Tutorial sessions, complementary activities (macro and microscopic studies in Pathology), self-learning sessions, practical clinical competency development sessions.
Work placements Learning in Clinical Setting of Clinical Internship in Surgery and Internal Medicine at teaching Hospitals.
Learning outcomes To analyze the main aspects of pharmacology, microbiology and pathology as well as the main aspects and applications of nuclear medicine and imaging and pathology laboratory
To analyze the symptomatology and pathophysiology of gastrointestinal, renal, hematological, cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, osteo-articular, endocrine and metabolic systems
At the end of this course the student should be able:
To apply knowledge Microbiology, Pharmacology, Pathology, pathophysiology and clinical symptomatology in clinical approach to patients
To know the most common clinical syndromes
To identify the main aspects of Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and laboratory, and must have acquired the competence level of the skills and attitudes of the LAC program for the 3rd year.
To collect and draw up a clinical history and examination and address the syndromatic diagnosis
To demonstrate competencies of professionalism
Syllabus Reversible and irreversible cell injury; acute and chronic inflammatory reaction: neoplasia; vascular pathology.
General principles of action of drugs. Pharmacology of the Nervous System-Peripheral, Autonomic and Central. Pharmacology of inflammation, pain and local anesthesia, gastrointestinal and respiratory diseases. Drugs used in renal, cardiovascular and blood system. Pharmacology associated with endocrine and metabolic diseases. General principles of action of antibiotics, antiviral, antifungal, anticancer and immunomodulatory drugs.
Key aspects of semiotics and pathophysiology cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, renal, hematologic, neurologic, endocrine-metabolic, osteo-articular.
Main aspects of surgical semiotics.
Diagnosis in microbiology, characteristics of positive and negative cocci, gram negative bacilli, aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, virology, mycology and parasitology.
Main Bibliography Robbins Basic Pathology, Elsevier Saunders.
Wheater's Basic Histopathology, Churchill Livingstone.
Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, Professional Edition, Saunders Elsevier (livro de consulta).
Pharmacology. Rang H.P.; Dale M. M.; Ritter J. M. , Churchill Livingstone
Clinical Radiology: The essentials, Daffner, Richard H Daffner, Richard H Publisher: Lipincott Williams & Wilkins,
Sisinio de Castro - Manual de Patologia General, , José Luis Arellano, , Masson
Semiologia Médica. Principios, métodos e interpretação, J.L.Ducla Soares, , Lidel
Bailey & Scott''s Diagnostic Microbiology, Forbes, Betty A., St. Louis MosBy ,
Medical Microbiology, ed. St. LouisMosBy , Patrick Murray,
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2020-07-23

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