Populations Health

Code:

MI118

Acronym:

SPOP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2016/2017 - 2S (of 06-02-2017 to 15-07-2017)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Public Health and Forensic Sciences, and Medical Education Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master in Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIMED	299	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	1	-	3	27,5	81

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

This curricular unit has as main objective the acquisition of knowledge on the principles and concepts used in population’s health and its application for the understanding of the health and disease processes.

The syllabus of this Unit has a comprehensive nature in agreement with the objective of having a global understanding on the basic principles and major problems related with populations’ health, and to promote a vision of medical activity as part of a broader health team that it is present before and after the curative interventions.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students should describe and understand the main patterns of disease occurrence among populations and their determinants; describe and understand the socio-demographic, economic, anthropological, behavioral, physical and biological conditions which influence or interact with the populations’ health status; know the underling processes involved in the planning and evaluation of community interventions; and gain critical skills to a better understanding of major public health challenges

Working method

Presencial

Program

Historical perspective of Public Health, Cultural concepts of health and disease; Demographics and health; Demographic, epidemiological and nutritional transitions; Globalization and health; Data sources in population’s health; Patterns of disease occurrence in a population; Global burden of diseases; Environmental and behavioral determinants of health in populations; Social, cultural, and economic determinants of health in populations. Knowledge and personal attitudes in health and health care as determinants of population’s health. Prevention and control of risks (individual vs. population approach); Communicable diseases under control and emergent diseases; International health; Populations and mobility; Health and access to health care in vulnerable populations. The interpersonal and populational violence; Inequalities and Inequities in health; Maternal and child health; Health Plans and programs. To identify priorities and define evidence-based strategies in populations’ health.

 

 

Mandatory literature

James F. McKenzie (Editor).; An Introduction to Community & Public Health , Jones & Bartlett Publishers, (8th edition), 2015

Complementary Bibliography

Richard Riegelman, Brenda Kirkwood (editors); Public health 101: Healthy people-Healthy populations., 2nd ed. Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning, 2014

Comments from the literature

Bibliography will also include scientific papers with relevance to the topics under study.

Teaching methods and learning activities

As this curricular unit has 3 ECTs, it is estimated a total of 81 hours of work by students; out of these 28h are of contact (face-to-face lectures), with the following distribution:

A weekly theoretical session of 50 min (total: 12 sessions -10h)

A weekly theoretical-practical session of 150 min (total: 6 sessions – 15h)

Two seminars of 90 min

The stimulation of group discussions based on "case studies" is proposed as the most effective option for acquiring skills.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	75,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho laboratorial	15,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	53,00
Frequência das aulas	28,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

At least 75% of presencial participation on theoretical-practical sessions

Calculation formula of final grade

Assessment will be done by written examination comprising multiple-choice questions, corresponding to 75% of the final classification. The remaining 25% (5 points) will be obtained through the assessment performed during the theoretical-practical sessions. (2 points for participation on theoretical sessions and 3 points for group oral presentation). Participation in teorethico-practical sessions will include the active participation of students on the discussion of the proposed case-studies.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In the case of working students, if the distributed component of assessment will be not be possible to meet, students should  report to the Unit responsible and an alternative work will be proposed to replace this evaluation component.