Family Plannig

Code:

OPT108

Acronym:

PLANFAM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2019/2020 - 2S (of 10-02-2020 to 31-07-2020)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Departamento de Ginecologia-Obstetrícia e Pediatria
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	5	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	5	-	1,5	14	40,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To prepare the student for the resolution of most basic problems of a Family Planning consultation, in order to make him able to integrate primary health care teams, namely in the context of the support of unfavoured national and international communities. To provide the student with deeper knowledge and experience in the clinical area of the optional discipline, in order to make him more able to decide if he wants to pursue a career in this area.
The student should be able to develop competencies regarding:
- the understanding of the importance of Family Planning in the promotion of health and quality of life;
- the screening, diagnosis, medical treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and gynaecologic cancer;
- the detailed knowledge about the prescription of the most common conceptive and contraceptive methods;
- non directive counselling;
- legislation.

Learning outcomes and competences

Competence to actively colaborate in a family planning consultation, including the prescription and application of the main pre-conceptive and contraceptive methods used at the office setting.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Family Planning in perspective: epidemiologic, demographic, antropologic, biologic, psychologic, ethical and juridical aspects.  Pre-conception, conception and contraception. Detailed knowledge about the action mechanisms, indications, contra-indications and prescription of the most common conceptive and contraceptive methods.Screening, diagnosis, medical treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and gynaecologic cancers.

Mandatory literature

Direcção Geral de Saúde; Saúde Reprodutiva. Planeamento Familiar. Direcção Geral de Saúde, Orientações Técnicas n.º 9, Lisboa 2008.
Beckmann CRB, et al.; Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins , 2018

Teaching methods and learning activities

15 contact hours: 10 hours in the Family Planning outpatient clinic; 3 hours in seminars and 2 hours in theoretical and practical sessions with manikins.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	40,00
Prova oral	40,00
Teste	20,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	5,00
Trabalho de campo	10,00
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	10,00
Estudo autónomo	16,00
Total:	41,00

Eligibility for exams

Continuous evaluation, with completion of an act sheet to assess the accomplishment of minimum procedures, eliminatory, with a maximum score of 6 values.

Calculation formula of final grade

Obligatory filling up of a practical log-book, regarding the execution of basic clinical skills with a maximal classification of 6.

Thirty minutes for presentation and discussion of observed clinical cases, with a maximal classification of 6.

Ten minutes eliminatory practical assessment, in a manikin, regarding very basic skills, with a maximal classification of 6.

Theoretical test with 10 multiple choice questions and 10 true/false questions, with a maximal classification of 2.

Final classification = sum of each of the assessment components.

Classification improvement

Repetition of one to all the assessment modules (test, oral assessment and participation in clinical practice), with final classification corresponding to the mean of all the repeated modules.

Observations

REFERENCES
Saúde Reprodutiva. Planeamento Familiar. Direcção Geral de Saúde, Orientações Técnicas n.º 9, Lisboa 2008.

Obstetrics and Gynecology. Beckmann CRB, et al. (Eds). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2018. (8th edition).