Sports and Exercise Medicine

Code:

OPT121

Acronym:

MED

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2017/2018 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Medicine
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	25	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	4	-	3	24	81
			5

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

To give theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in the field of Exercise Medicine, Sports Medicine and Physical Activity, with a clinical and a therapeutical objective. This unit as the aim of introducing students to the basic knowledge, skills and attitudes in the care of the patient in the field of Sportive Medicine, particularly in what is concerning the practice of the physical activity, its main complications and injuries, and the basic principles of physical activity prescription in health and in disease.

The skills levels required according to the following two main categories are:

1. Levels of kowledge: a. Advanced knowledge, b. Detailed knowledge; c. General awarness

2. Levels of expertise: a. Expert (has scientific knowledge and use all the skills according to the scinentific knowledge and clinical implications); b. Advanced (uses some of the skills; c. Beginner (knows some basic skills)

Learning outcomes and competences

The theorical issues approached in this curricular unit reflect a set of basic knowledge required to the doctor’s practice in Sports Medicine including:  evaluation, sports counseling, athlete’ s and sportsmen’ training evaluation and nutrition in Sports Medicine. The main diseases that condition or limit the sportive performance are also lectured.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Basic Science (seminar)

1. Functional evaluation and training control
2. Ethics and doping

Clinics (tutorials, problem solving, clinics)

1. Medical exam of the athlete
2. Cardiology and sudden death in sports
3. Exercise as treatment
4. Clinical practice
5. Allergy, asthma and sports
6. Psychology of sports
7. Nutrition and sports
8. Preventive Medicine
9. Emergencies in Sports Medicine.

Mandatory literature

Stephen Paul, Scott Rand, Mark Stovak e Marc P. Hilgers; AMSSM Sports Medicine CAQ Study Guide. American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, 2012
Francis G. O’ Connor; ACSM's Sports Medicine: A Comprehensive Review. American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, 2012

Teaching methods and learning activities

Teaching: Tutorials, problems solving, seminars, and lectures

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

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

Calculation formula of final grade

Evaluation: final exame