Laboratory Research ¿ In vitro functional evaluation

Code:

OPT44

Acronym:

ILAFV

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2017/2018 - 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	10	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	3	-	3	28	81
			4

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Students are expect to acquire basic knowledge and skills which will enable them to participate in scientific projects requiring laboratory techniques for in vitro functional assessment of myocardium, blood vessels and smooth and skeletal muscle.

Learning outcomes and competences

• Learn laboratory safety and good practices applied to the learned techniques.


• Master at least two in vitro research techniques of functional assessment, such as, functional assessment of intact and skinned cardiomyocytes, vascular function assessment, myocardial multicellular preparations functional assessment, Langendorff or working heart preparations.


• Design of an experimental protocol using at least two functional assessment techniques.


• Solve scientific problems associated to the used techniques.


• Critical assess scientific papers related to the learnt techniques.


• Analyze and present scientific results obtained in the course of this curricular unit.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1.Good practice and lab safety

2.Design of an experimental protocol

3.In vitro functional studies

4.Data analysis and presentation

Mandatory literature

Falcão- Pires, I., Leite-Moreira, AF. ; In vitro Experimental Assessment of Cardiac Function In D.V. Cokkinos (Ed.), Introduction to Translational Cardiovascular Research., Research. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2014

Comments from the literature

Bibliography will include accompanying texts and scientific papers with relevance to the topics under study.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Practice in the lab: 14 hours

Tutorials: 12 hours

Evaluation: 2 hours

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	75,00
Prova oral	25,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Students will be assessed based on their contact/interaction with professors (75% of the final grade) divided as follows:

Attendance (20%)

Participation and scientific interest (20%)

Commitment and initiative (20%)

Understanding of the methodology (15%)

 and on an oral presentation: 15-min presentation based on the work carried out and/or a related theme previously established (25% of the final grade).