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General Practice I

Code 13856
Year 2
Semester A1
ECTS Credits 10
Workload OT(56H)/S(4H)
Scientific area Community Health
Entry requirements There is not.
Learning outcomes At the end of this course, the student should be able to: characterize General and Family Medicine (FGM); describe the discipline of General and Family Medicine and the core competencies of the Family Physician; characterize Primary Health Care; describe the evolution of Primary Health Care in Portugal; describe the organization and functioning of Health Center Groups; describe the functioning of the Functional Units of the Health Center Groupings (ACeS) and the activities developed within its scope of intervention; describe the roles and roles of each professional within the Family Health Team; describe the methodology of the General and Family Medicine consultation and the importance of communication in the clinical context; relate Primary Health Care to other levels of health care; describe prevention and health promotion programs; describe family dynamics and the importance of family and community in the health / disease relationship.
Syllabus 1. Characteristics of the Discipline and Definition of General and Family Medicine (FGM); 2. Core competencies of the Family Physician; 3. Evolution and Definition of Primary Health Care; 4. Organization of activities in Primary Health Care; 5. Activities developed within the scope of intervention by the Functional Units of the Health Center Groupings (ACeS); 6. Types of consultations in the Functional Units; 7. Family Health Team: Functions of the team, and of each professional, and their articulation within the team; 8. Methodology of consultation in General and Family Medicine; 9. The importance of communication in the clinical context; 10. Assistance Relationship and Biopsychosocial Model; 11. Preventive and Health Promotion Activities; 12. Health Education; 13. Levels of prevention; 14. National Health Programs; 15. Family and Sociocommunity Approach in General Family Medicine.
Main Bibliography Definição Europeia de Medicina Geral e Familiar. WONCA EUROPA, 2002.
Declaration of Astana. WHO, 2018.
Declaração de Deli: Alma-Ata revisitada. Tradução Portuguesa. Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Geral e Familiar. 2018; 34:339-343.
Perfil de Competências do Especialista em Medicina Geral e Familiar. Ordem dos Médicos. Colégio de Medicina Geral e Familiar. 2019.
André Biscaia et al. O médico de família português: uma narrativa. Cadernos de Saúde Pública. 2019; 35:e00127118.
Aníbal Rui Magalhães. A importância dos ACeS na reforma dos CSP: estudo de caso do ACeS de Gondomar. 2015.
Lúcio Meneses de Almeida. Da prevenção primordial à prevenção quaternária. Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública, 2005: 91-96.
José Mendes Nunes. Comunicação em Contexto Clínico. Capítulos 4 e 5:47-97.
José Augusto Simões. Ética e Cuidados de Saúde Primários.
Luís Rebelo (coord). A Família em Medicina Geral e Familiar. Conceitos e Práticas. Coimbra:Almedina, 2018.
Normas aplicáveis da Direção Geral da Saúde.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2020-07-06

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