Public Health

Code:

MI075140

Acronym:

SPUBL

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Health Sciences

Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Microbiology Laboratory
Course/CS Responsible:	MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MICF	162	Official Curriculum	5	-	4,5	39	121,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Public health aims to: study the health of populations; understand the relationship between exposure (risk and intervention) and the consequences on the health of populations; program interventions to improve health. The Public Health has a mission directed to the education of populations, promotion and protection of health, care and treatment of the disease.

Learning outcomes and competences

Working method

Presencial

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

Presuppose a basic knowledge of Physiology, Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy, Microbiology in all its aspects, Immunology, Biochemistry, and Biostatistics.

Program

Theoretical lectures I. Introduction and fundamental concepts in Public Health; II. Main areas of intervention of Public Health; III. Healthcare in Portugal, Europe and worldwide. Identification of key needs and health problems. Health Systems: Direção-Geral de Saúde and National Health System. Major national and international health programs and projects; IV. Epidemiology. Fundamentals. Epidemiological indicators. Molecular epidemiology. Biomarkers. Pharmacogenomics. Personalized medicine. Types of epidemiological studies. Measures of frequency, association and impact. Epidemiological research. V.Health and disease. Concepts. Natural history of disease and its stages. Health education and health promotion. Health care. Prevention of disease, preventive measures and levels of prevention. Health measures in the community. Transmissible and Non-transmissible diseases. Health care. VI. Seminars on Public Health. Practical lectures Demographic and health indicators; measures of frequency, association and impact. Practical exercises. Analysis and discussion of scientific papers on Epidemiology and Community Health.

Mandatory literature

Mary Louise Fleming & Elizabeth Parker & Ignacio Correa-Velez; Introduction to Public Health, 4th Edition, 2019. ISBN: 9780729543057
David D Celentano & Moyses Szklo; Gordis Epidemiology, 6th Edition, 2019. ISBN: 9780323552295
Mary-Jane Schneider; Introduction to Public Health , Jones & Bartlett Learning; Edição: 5, 2016. ISBN: 978-1284089233/1284089231

Complementary Bibliography

Roberto A. Medronho ; Epidemiologia, Atheneu Editora, 2012. ISBN: 9788573799996

Teaching methods and learning activities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	20,00
Exame	80,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	82,50
Frequência das aulas	39,00
Total:	121,50

Eligibility for exams

The attendance of students at theoretical lectures is not mandatory. The attendance of students at practical lectures is not mandatory; students whose attendance is below 75% of the classes taught will not have approval.

 

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation follows the ongoing "Evaluation Rules" at FFUP.
The final evaluation will be obtained taking into account two parameters:
- Presentation of a practical work - 20%.
- Final written exam on the subjects exposed in theoretical and practical lectures - 80%.

Only students that achieve a final classification of 9 points will be approved.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Não se aplica.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

It is held in accordance with the ongoing evaluation rules at FFUP.

 

Classification improvement

Students have the right to request a final exam to improve their evaluations, according to the FFUP rules. The repetition of the exam can only be performed once. The final evaluation will be the higher evaluation obtained in the two performed exams.

 

Observations