Genetic in infertility and assisted reproduction
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Medicine |
Instance: 2022/2023 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
MIMED |
15 |
Plano Oficial 2021 |
3 |
- |
2 |
19 |
54 |
Teaching language
Suitable for English-speaking students
Objectives
Provide students with a deeper understanding of the criteria for the use of assisted reproductive techniques, the limits of the genetic causes and their potential therapeutic and diagnostic approaches.
Learning outcomes and competences
The contents transmitted in lectures and later analyzed and discussed in laboratory sessions allow acquisition of learning objectives and the development of specific competences in this area.
Working method
Presencial
Program
Genetic causes of infertility.
Chromosomal causes of infertility.
Assisted reproductive techniques: indications and methods.
Study of spermatozoa: chromosomes and DNA fragmentation.
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis: indications and methods.
Ethical-legal discussion of the assisted reproductive techniques.
Mandatory literature
Botros R. M. B. Rizk, Juan A. Garcia-Velasco, Hassan N. Sallam, Antonis Makrigiannakis; Infertility and Assisted Reproduction, Cambridge University Press, 2008. ISBN: 9780521873796
Teaching methods and learning activities
Lectures (10h) and laboratory sessions (9h).
keywords
Health sciences
Evaluation Type
Evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
Designation |
Weight (%) |
Exame |
100,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Designation |
Time (hours) |
Estudo autónomo |
35,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
19,00 |
Total: |
54,00 |
Eligibility for exams
Obligatory assistance of pratical sessions.
Calculation formula of final grade
Written exam (100%).