Genetic in infertility and assisted reproduction

Code:

OPT40

Acronym:

GIPMA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2017/2018 - 2S

Active?	Yes
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	15	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	3	-	3	28	81

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Provide students with a deeper understanding of the criteria for the use of assisted reproductive techniques, the limits of the genetic causes and their potential therapeutic and diagnostic approaches.

Learning outcomes and competences

The contents transmitted in lectures and later analyzed and discussed in laboratory sessions allow acquisition of learning objectives and the development of specific competences in this area.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Genetic causes of infertility.

Chromosomal causes of infertility.

Assisted reproductive techniques: indications and methods.

Study of spermatozoa: chromosomes and DNA fragmentation.

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis: indications and methods.

Ethical-legal discussion of the assisted reproductive techniques.

Mandatory literature

Botros R. M. B. Rizk, Juan A. Garcia-Velasco, Hassan N. Sallam, Antonis Makrigiannakis; Infertility and Assisted Reproduction, Cambridge University Press, 2008. ISBN: 9780521873796

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures (12h) and laboratory sessions (16h).

keywords

Health sciences

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Written exam (100%).