Surgical Perinatology

Code:

OPT107

Acronym:

PECIR

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Surgery and Physiology 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	5	Plano Oficial 2021	5	-	2	19	54

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Objective- Acquisition of competences (knowledge- ++; attitudes- +++; skills- +) that enable the recognition and adequate referral of the main surgical neonatal nosological entities.

Learning outcomes and competences

The student should be able to:

-  Assimilate the role and the impact of prenatal diagnosis;

-  Integrate the antenatal diagnosis attitudes and manifestations;

-  Recognize neonatal surgical diseases;

-  Establish a diagnosis, therapeutic guidance and prognosis on relevant surgical malformations.

Working method

Presencial

Program

• Prenatal manifestations and diagnosis


• Antenatal attitudes on birth defects


• Congenital diaphragmatic hernia


• Congenital lung lesions


• Abdominal wall malformations


• Digestive atresias


• Hirschsprung’s disease


• Acquired neonatal surgical diseases


• Ante/neonatal tumors and neoplasms

Mandatory literature

Puri P; Newborn Surgery 4th edition, Taylor & Francis, 2017

Complementary Bibliography

George W. Holcomb; Ashcraft's Pediatric Surgery- 7th edition, Elsevier, 2019
Lima M, Reinberg O; - Neonatal Surgery: Contemporary Strategies from Fetal Life to the First Year of Age, Springer, 2019

Teaching methods and learning activities

A- Theoretical: 8h (8 sessions: 1 hour each)

B- Theoretical-practical: 6h (3 sessions: 2 hours each; "case-studies")

C- Internship: 5h (3 sessions: 100 min. each) 

keywords

Health sciences > Medical sciences > Medicine > Surgery

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	60,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	35,00
Frequência das aulas	14,00
Realização de Estágio	5,00
Total:	54,00

Eligibility for exams

If attendance of at least 75% of the activities mentioned in teaching modalities.

Calculation formula of final grade

Evaluation mode: formative assesssment + final exam (group work).

Final classification (0-20 points): formative assessment x 60% + final exam x 40%; approval If ≥10 points

 

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not Available.

Classification improvement

Not Available.