Contact in Primary Care

Code:

OPT09

Acronym:

CCSP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

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

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences
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	53	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	2	-	3	28	81
			3

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The objectives of this course are:

To know the organization of Primary Health Care (PHC) in Portugal
To know the profile of the providers practicing in Primary Health Care (general and family medicine and public health doctors, nurses, clinical secretary)
To know the health-related social sector activity
To know the functioning of a Family Health Unit (health center)

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of this course, the student should be able:
To describe the functioning of Primary Health Care in Portugal, in terms of personalized medicine and population approach
To identify the providers in PHC
To characterize the exercise context and the roles of each professional group

Working method

Presencial

Program

The philosophy and the aim of Primary Health Care.

The physical resources, the professionals involved and the way the Primary Health Care Unit operates in Portugal.

The practice of General and Family Medicine and other professions involved in Primary Health Care as a whole as well as its different aspects, especially its definition, content and nature, methods and techniques, workload, team organization, activity in terms of space and time.

The different organizational models of health in Portugal, as well as their characteristics, advantages and disadvantages.

The institutions of the Portuguese National Health System and Service, as well as other Community institutions that may be related to health in some way in Portugal.

The context of outpatient and hospital exercise.

The social sector in health

Mandatory literature

José M. Mendes Nunes; Comunicação em contexto clínico, Bayer Health Care , 2007
Martins, C.,Azevedo, L.F., Ribeiro, O., Sá, L., Santos, P., Couto, L., Costa Pereira, A., Hespanhol, AP.; A population-based nationwide Cross-Sectional Study on Preventive health Services Utilization in Portugal - What services (and frequencies) are deemed necessary by patients?, PLOS ONE, 2014
Allan H. Goroll; Lawrence A. May; Albert G. Mulley; Cuidados primarios em medicina: abordagem do paciente adulto em ambulatório, Mcgraw-Hill, 1997. ISBN: 972-8298-19-6
Martín Zurro; J. F. Cano Pérez; Atención primaria: conceptos, organización y prática clínica, Elsier, 2003. ISBN: 84-8174-650-9
World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF); A vision for primary health care in the 21st century: towards universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals. , WHO & UNICEF, 2018 (https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/primary-health/vision.pdf?sfvrsn=c3119034_2&ua=1)
André Rosa Biscaia, José Nunes Martins, Mário Carreira, Inês Gonçalves, Ana Rita Antunes, Paulo Ferrinho; Cuidados de Saúde Primários em Portugal, Padrões culturais, editora, 2006. ISBN: 972-8721-64-1
The European Society of General Practice/ Family Medicine; The European Definitions of General Practice / Family Medicine , WONCA, 2011 (https://www.woncaeurope.org/sites/default/files/documents/Definition%203rd%20ed%202011%20with%20revised%20wonca%20tree.pdf)

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical classes: 7 classes, 2-hour each, under the teacher's responsibility, integrating the practical aspects of the professional exercise in the theoretical conceptualization of the topics covered.

Seminars: 5 sessions, lasting 2 hours. Professionals (doctors, nurses, clinical secretaries, managers or others) will be invited to share their insight and experience in their professional activity.

Supervised Experiences: Students will visit a Family Health Unit, contacting professionals at their place of work and learning on site how the unit works.

 

keywords

Health sciences > Medical sciences > Medicine > Family medicine
Health sciences > Medical sciences > Medicine > Clinical medicine

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	20,00
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho escrito	60,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	2,00
Estudo autónomo	43,00
Frequência das aulas	22,00
Trabalho escrito	10,00
Realização de Estágio	4,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

Presence in at least 75% of academic activities
Proof of active participation in the elaboration of the final work

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification is calcuylated by weighting:

• Participation in pedagogical activities during the course(20%)

• Elaboration of a written work on one topic of Primary Health Care, to be delivered at the end of the semester (60%)

• Oral presentation of the wtitten work (20%)

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students who are absent from physical attendance in academic activities, under the Special Statute, must provide proof of knowledge acquisition by submitting a report that includes the program provided for each session.

Classification improvement

To improve their final classification, the student will have to submit an individual report under the same structure of the group's semester work.