Oncologic Gastroenterology
| Keywords |
| Classification |
Keyword |
| OFICIAL |
Medicine |
Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S (of 09-09-2019 to 09-02-2020) 
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Suitable for English-speaking students
Objectives
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Learning outcomes and competences
To perform clinical assessment of patients at risk for digestive neoplasias, precursors conditions and cancer;
To recognize the importance of the role of every doctor towards prevention and management of cancer as well as the role of endoscopy in the treatment of these patients.
Working method
Presencial
Program
Esophageal, gastric, liver, biliary tract, pancreas and colonic neoplasms – risk factors, precancerous lesions and câncer. Upper digestive endoscopy, colonoscopy and endoscopic ultrassound. New endoscopic methods of diagnosis, resection and stenting.
Mandatory literature
Feldman, M. LFriedman, L. D. & Brandt, L. J. ; Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease: Pathophysiology/Diagnosis/ Management (9th edition), Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier, 2010
Teaching methods and learning activities
Lectures for groups discussion (4hours), clinic traineeship (observation of patients - outpatients and endoscopic procedures - 8h) and individual assignments (evidence based clinical management of a patient, 2h).
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final exam
Assessment Components
| Designation |
Weight (%) |
| Participação presencial |
25,00 |
| Trabalho escrito |
75,00 |
| Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
| Designation |
Time (hours) |
| Estudo autónomo |
13,50 |
| Frequência das aulas |
14,00 |
| Trabalho escrito |
13,00 |
| Total: |
40,50 |
Eligibility for exams
Presence in 75% of the classes
Calculation formula of final grade
Final grade will be based on continuous evaluation of clinical skills and knowledge (25%) and the individual assignment (75%)