Critical Burn Care

Code:

OPT76

Acronym:

CCQ

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2020/2021 - 2S (of 08-02-2021 to 31-07-2021)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Departamento de Patologia
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	4	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	5	-	3	28	81

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

To acquire competence (mainly medical attitudes and skills) and basic clinical performance regarding vital support, fluid therapy and wound care in burn patient care.

Learning outcomes and competences

The formation plan, involving and integrated approach of lectures and seminars addressing critical burn care, together with the practical clinical duties along 2 weeks will ensure that students will experience an integrated perspective of the management of the burn patients in a burn unit, acquiring the expected skills and clinical training.

The experience as a member of the medical team of a burn unit, involving medical and surgical care, taken together with a tutorial discussion of results and clinical cases will provide medical students a comprehensive perspective of the intricate medical attitudes required to ensure the rehabilitation of burn patients

Working method

Presencial

Program

The burn care center; the burn unit.

Management of burn patients: medical and surgical care.

Etiopathogeny of burn wounds and lesions.

Clinical application of physiologic principles of fluid and electrolyte management, nutrition, metabolism and life support, prevention and treatment of infection, in burn patients.

Surgical Treatments: cleaning, disinfection, fasciotomy, escharotomy, grafts and flaps

Mandatory literature

Herndon D., ; Total Burn Care, Saunders (W. B.) Co Ltd, 2012. ISBN: 9781437727869
Cheridan, R. ; Burns.A Practical Approach To Immediate Treatment and Long-Care , Manson Publishing , 2011. ISBN: ISBN:978184761337

Complementary Bibliography

Dayicioglu, Deniz.; Oeltjen, John C.; Thaller, Seth R.; Fan, Kenneth L.; ; Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery : The Essentials, World Scientific Publishing Co, 2012. ISBN: ISBN: 978-9814307109

Teaching methods and learning activities

Clinical training (predominant), tutorial sessions and seminars. The clinical training takes place at the burn unit, with full integration in the medical staff, tutor/students ratio of 1/1. It also involves the participation in Burn Unit clinical meetings and collaboration in research activities. Clinical training (25h) takes place from 8.00 am to 1.00 pm and is supplemented by seminars (3h), amounting 28h contact hours ( 3 ECTS).

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho escrito	80,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	53,00
Frequência das aulas	28,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

Course unit attendance is conditioned to the presence of the student in 75% of the total number of practical classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

After qualitative formative assessment (acquired competences, performance, learning motivation) graded as apt, students have to present a final written report (full marks 20.0).