Code: | MI118 | Acronym: | SPOP |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | Medicine |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Public Health and Forensic Sciences, and Medical Education Department |
Course/CS Responsible: | Integrated Master in Medicine |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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MIMED | 303 | Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular) | 1 | - | 3 | 28 | 81 |
This curricular unit has as main objective the acquisition of knowledge on the principles and concepts used in population’s health and its application for the understanding of the health and disease processes.
The syllabus of this Unit has a comprehensive nature in agreement with the objective of having a global understanding on the basic principles and major problems related with populations’ health, and to promote a vision of medical activity as part of a broader health team that it is present before and after the curative interventions.
The Unit provides tools for better critical thinking about the diversity and complexity of the factors that influence the health of individuals and populations. It uses an evidence-based approach to analyze the determinants of health and disease and the best intervention options to promote and to preserve health.
Students should know how to describe and understand the main patterns of disease occurrence among populations and their determinants; describe and understand the socio-demographic, economic, anthropological, behavioral, physical and biological conditions which influence or interact with the populations’ health status; know the underling basic process of an investigation ok an outbreak; and gain critical skills to a better understanding of major global public health challenges
Historical perspective of Public Health, Cultural concepts of health and disease; Demographics and health; Demographic, epidemiological and nutritional transitions; Globalization and health; Data sources in population’s health; Patterns of disease occurrence in a population; Global burden of diseases; Environmental and behavioral determinants of health in populations; Social, cultural, and economic determinants of health in populations. Knowledge and personal attitudes in health and health care as determinants of population’s health. Prevention and control of risks (individual vs. population approach); Communicable diseases under control and emergent diseases; International health; Populations and mobility; Health and access to health care in vulnerable populations. Inequalities and Inequities in health; Maternal and child health; Health Plans and programs. To identify priorities and define evidence-based strategies in populations’ health.
Bibliography will also include scientific papers with relevance to the topics under study.
As this curricular unit has 3 ECTs, it is estimated a total of 81 hours of work by students; out of these 28h are of contact (face-to-face lectures), with the following distribution:
A weekly theoretical session of 51 min (total: 10 sessions -8,5h)
A weekly theoretical-practical session of 150 min (total: 6 sessions – 15h)
Three seminars of 90 min - 4,5h
The stimulation of group discussions based on "case studies" is proposed as the most effective option for acquiring skills.
Designation | Weight (%) |
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Exame | 70,00 |
Participação presencial | 10,00 |
Trabalho laboratorial | 20,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
Designation | Time (hours) |
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Estudo autónomo | 53,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 28,00 |
Total: | 81,00 |
At least 75% of presencial participation on theoretical-practical sessions
Assessment will be done by written examination comprising multiple-choice questions, corresponding to 70% of the final classification. The remaining 30% will be obtained through the assessment performed during the theoretical-practical sessions. (10% for participation on theoretical sessions and 20% for group oral presentation). Participation in teorethico-practical sessions will include the active participation of students on the discussion of the proposed case-studies.