Biopathology I

Code:

MI302

Acronym:

BAPG1

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2014/2015 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=365
Responsible unit:	Departamento de Patologia e Oncologia
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	282	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina 2007	3	-	9,5	79	256,5
		Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	3	-	9,5	79	256,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The main aim of Biopathology I – General Pathological Anatomy I is getting the students to learn a language. Learning of this language includes not only the memorisation and recall of words and of concepts that they wish to express but also the capability to use this knowledge in the interpretation of data and in solving problems. Another purpose is getting the students to improve their observation and report skills at different levels (macroscopic, microscopic, histochemical, etc.) to become capable of rationalising in biopathological terms starting from the data that observation provides.

Learning outcomes and competences

 

The syllabus encompasses topics that will enable students to identify and interpret lesion and to apply a language, thus improving their capacity for analysing and interpreting data and for taking decisions to solve pathogenic, diagnostic and prognostic problems.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Major lesion types: from mutilating necrosis to the cancerous neostructure; Introduction to molecular pathology; Genetic-environmental interaction in the genesis of diseases; Inflammation, necrosis and neoplasia; Proliferation, differentiation and cell death; Adaptation and lesion; Cell death: necrosis and apoptosis; Regulation of proliferation; Regulation of apoptosis; Acute inflammation; Chronic inflammation and granulomatous inflammation; Regeneration; Angiogenesis; From hyperplasia to neoplasia; Oncologic taxonomy; Neoplasic progression: invasion and metastisation; Oncologic epidemiology; Oncogenes, oncosuppressor genes and gene susceptibility to cancer; Immune diseases and AIDS associated pathology.

Mandatory literature

Vinay Kumar,Abul K. Abbas,Nelson Fausto,Jon Aster; Pathologic Basis of Disease, Elsevier, 2010

Teaching methods and learning activities

243 hours/student, corresponding to 76h of presential teaching: 1h/week - lectures; 2,5h/week – seminars; 2h/week - practical sessions and 4h autopsy or anatomo-clinical sessions. The practical session is dedicated to the observation of macroscopic, histological and ultrastructural specimens. The clinical history and pathological data of the seminars are available in advance to the students at the e-Learning page of the Curricular Unit. E-learning course: basic information on the objectives of the Curricular Unit, program, calendar, assessment procedures, model examination and additional material to introduce or discuss contents that are not explicit in the text books, glossary, introductory texts for the practical sessions, quizzes for auto-assessment, material for preparing the seminars.

Assessment composed of Practical part (4 marks), Theoretical part (13 marks), assessment for Seminars and Practical Sessions (2 marks) and answers to bi-weekly quizzes (1 mark).

keywords

Health sciences > Medical sciences > Medicine

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	15,00
Teste	85,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

According to the norms from the Pedagogical Council. Students with special regimes (e.g. student workers) will also follow the norms from the Pedagogical Council.

Calculation formula of final grade

Assessment composed of Practical part (4 marks), Theoretical part (13 marks), assessment of each practical group for Seminars and Practical Sessions (2 marks) and individual answers to fortnightly quizzes (1 mark). The marks attributed to Seminar and Practical Sessions

Examinations or Special Assignments

Fortnightly quizzes at the e-learning platform. Preparation of weekly Seminars.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Norms from the Pedagogical Council will be applied.

Classification improvement

Students with over 16 marks as final classification have to perform an oral exam to maintain (or improve) the final mark. There will be no other circumstances for improving final mark.