Seminar

Code:

F/MED4004

Acronym:

F/MED4004

Level:

400

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Physics / Medicine

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Physics and Astronomy
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Medical Physics

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
M:FM	5	Study plan since academic year 2023/2024	2	-	3	21	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The main goal of this UC is that students become familiar with the state-of-the-art in Medical Physics in its multiple branches through seminars on the most varied relevant and current topics in this area. Emerging topics, like advanced techniques and new trends in imaging and therapy, will be addressed in class. This will allow the student to contact, in present or remotely, with professors and researchers in non-existent research areas in Portugal.

 

The student should also acquire competencies in bibliography research and selection, as well as in understanding analyising, and discussing it. 

 

In this UC, the student will acquire oral and written scientific result communication skills.

Learning outcomes and competences

The student should also acquire competencies in bibliography research and selection, as well as in understanding analysing, and discussing it. 

 

In this UC, the student will acquire oral and written scientific result communication skills.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

n/a

Program

Emerging topics in Medical Physics to be determined in every new academic year. Emerging topics include, but are not circunscript to: novel imaging (CBCT) and therapy approaches (protons, heavy ions), machine learningin radiotherapy, theranostics, new radiopharmaceuticals, radiomics, among other relevant topics in the state-of-the-art in Medical Physics as a whole

Mandatory literature

Lu Wang, Charlie Ma; Dose Calculation Algorithms, Springer, 2013. ISBN: 978-3-540-85516-3

Teaching methods and learning activities

On the first six weeks,  three seminars will be selected on current “hot” topics in the state-of-the-art in Medical Physics in its multiple branches by the professors of the Masters.

On the following six weeks, the students will be divided in groups. Each group will have to choose one of the six topics  they had contact with in the previous weeks. The groups will then have to prepare a written work and an oral presentation about the scientific topic in question. These works will then be evaluated.

The students will be evaluated through written essay (50%) and oral presentation (50%)

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	25,00
Frequência das aulas	21,00
Trabalho de investigação	10,00
Trabalho escrito	25,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

According to the rules of the UPorto

Calculation formula of final grade

Written essay (50%) + Oral presentation (50%) = 100%

Classification improvement

Examination in the second period.