Communication and Orality

Code:

114

Acronym:

114

Instance: 2005/2006 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MD	109	Plano oficial a partir de 2005	1	1	1	-

Objectives

Above all this subject aims is to transmit knowledge to the students about the importance of interpersonal communication on the current society and dentist profession, as well as to promote the learning for the best way to implement the primacy of socio-professional communication, in the scientific and clinic domain. In the course of the subject, the students will have to prepare and make a presentation on a theme in the communicational area, in order to develop the capacity of public communication.

Program

 Concept of comunication;
 Evolution of comunication and its importance in our daily life;
 The process of comunication;
 Interpersonal comunication;
 Message transmission;
 Comunicating in public;
 Comunication and marketing;
 Socio-professional comunication.

Main Bibliography

“Técnicas de Comunicação”, Lampreia, J.M., P. Europa-América, Lisbon
“Estratégias na Comunicação”, Rodrigues, A. D., Ed. Presença, Lisbon, 1990;

Complementary Bibliography

Other specific bibliography will be provided in each class, together with the respective summary.

Teaching methods and learning activities

A 60 minutes session, once a week (contact with students), like theorical and treorical/practical classes.

Software

The classes will be presented in power-point so, it will be necessary a data-show.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

The grade will be the average of the theoretical and theoretical-practical exams.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification corresponds to 60% of the theorectical exam and 40% of the theorectical-practical exam.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In order to be approved, the students need the theoretical component. Those students whose statute allows them a special evaluation regime may be evaluated apart from the ordinary calendar. Nevertheless and in order to be acquainted with the rules legally stipulated, the students must seek information in the following regulations:
- Law n.º 358/70 from 29th of July
- Law n.º 152/91 from 23rd of April
- Decree n.º 947/87 from 10th December
- Law n.º 90/2001 from 20th August
- Law n.º 125/95 from 31st May

Observations

Semestral subject (2nd semester), teached in the 1st academic year of Dentistry course, corresponding to 1 ECT of curriculum scheme.