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13686
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| Year |
4
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| Semester |
A1
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| ECTS Credits |
20
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| Workload |
PL(60H)/T(75H)/TP(120H)
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| Scientific area |
Ciências Farmacêuticas
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Entry requirements |
Non applicable.
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Learning outcomes |
Students should be able to know and integrate information about the epidemiology and clinical presentation of the most prevalent pathologies; understand the relationship between exposure to environmental toxicants and health consequences to populations; understanding the need for pharmacotherapeutic monitoring of a patient, proposing interventions to optimize therapy. In addition, they should be able to consult the sources of medication information and perform a set of procedures (anthropometry, use of inhalation devices, insulin administration, spirometry, diabetic foot counselling, phototype determination and geriatric screening) and determinations (arterial pulse and glycemia). Students are expected to participate adequately and effectively in the community as public health professionals, promoting national health projects and programs, and providing counselling on major health issues.
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Syllabus |
The initial pedagogical unit introduces the basic concepts of Epidemiology, Health, Sickness, and Pharmacotherapy and allows introducing of clinical histories and discussing pharmaceutical supervision, enabling the student to solve pharmaceutical situations. The following topics, specific to each system, allow discussing the protocols for prevention, screening, and therapy (pharmacological and non-pharmacological) of the most prevalent pathologies of different organ systems.
The student acquires, for all the topics covered, competencies of interpretation of content integration, problem-solving, group discussion and teamwork, which also allows transversal skills to be developed.
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Main Bibliography |
Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs. 12th Edition. Caroline S. Zeind, Michael G. Carvalho, Judy Cheng, Kathy Zaiken, Trisha LaPointe. 2023. North American edition. LWW.
Normas de Orientação Clínica da Direção Geral de Saúde www.dgs.pt
Orientações farmacoterapeuticas de associações científicas / profissionais internacionais.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
This CU will be evaluated between 0 and 200 points, corresponding to 20 values.
The theoretical / theoretical-practical assessment (175 points) includes 9 written tests, one for each pedagogical unit (AUP; 13 points) and 2 written clinical case tests (ACC; 29 points). Written tests consist of multiple-choice, multiple-choice, or short open-ended questions.
In the theoretical / theoretical-practical component, students must have a minimum of 88 points for approval.
The practical assessment (25 points) includes three practical tests (ASK; 10 points), in which each student must execute all the techniques individually; a geriatric screening (RG; 5 points) and 2 group works (TG; 10 points).
The final grade corresponds to the addition of the scores obtained in each evaluation.
Teaching/learning activities include theoretical (T), theoretical-practical (TP) and practical (PL) classes.
Students must be present at all assessment times.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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