Biopathology II

Code:

MI325

Acronym:

BIOPAT_II

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2017/2018 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://moodle1315.up.pt/course/view.php?id=3088
Responsible unit:	Departamento de Patologia
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	269	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	3	-	6	57	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The main aim of Biopathology II is getting the students to use the study of neoplastic and pre-neoplastic lesions, from general aspects of classification and molecular biology to the various etiopathogenic models in defferent organs and systems.

Learning outcomes and competences

The syllabus encompasses topics that will enable students to know the etiopathogenesis, the morphologic basis for diagnosis, therapy selection and prognostic evaluation in oncologic diseases.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Introduction to morphologic and molecular aspects of oncologic diseases. Neoplastic transformation, progression, invasion and dissemination. Hyperplasia, metaplasia and neoplasia. Hemolymphopoietic neoplasias; neoplasias of the digestive tract, endocrine system, cervix, endometrium, breast and ovary; prostate cancer; skin cancer; familial cancer. Staging and prognosis; role of liquid biopsies and exosomes to understand natural history of cancer. Molecular targets and therapeutic selection.

Mandatory literature

Vinay Kumar,Abul K. Abbas,Nelson Fausto,Jon Aster; Pathologic Basis of Disease, Elsevier, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-4557-2613-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

162 hours/student, corresponding to 57h of presential teaching: 1h/week – lectures; 1,5h/weeks (7 weeks) – seminars; 2h/week - practical sessions and 4,5h of anatomo-clinical sessions and autopsy.

The practical session is dedicated to the observation of macroscopic, histological and ultrastructural specimens. The Seminar is available in advance to the students at the e-Learning page of the discipline with support material. e-learning course: basic information on the objectives of the Discipline, program, calendar, assessment procedures, model examination and additional material to introduce or discuss contents that are not explicit on the text books, glossary, introductory texts for the practical sessions, quizzes, material for preparing the Seminars.

 

Assessment composed of Practical part (6 marks), Theoretical part (11 marks), assessment for Practical Sessions (1 mark) and answers to bi-weekly quizzes (1 mark). The final classification results from the sum of the partial classifications.

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 (6 marks), Theoretical part (11 marks), assessment for Practical Sessions (1 mark) and answers to bi-weekly quizzes (1 mark). The final classification results from the sum of the partial classifications.

The practical exam consists of 45 multiple-choice questions and lasts for 34 minutes (45 seconds /question). The theoretical exam consists of 120 multiple-choice questions and lasts for 120 minutes (1 minute /question). There is no minimum grade in any of the evaluation components.

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, with the knowledge that the result of the oral test can be the maintenance, rise or fall of the grade. If these students choose not to take an oral exam, they will be given the final classification of 16 values. There will be no other circumstances for improvement of classification, except those related with the contestation procedures provided for in article 22 of the FMUP Pedagogical Regulation.