Sports and Exercise Medicine

Code:

OPT121

Acronym:

MED

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2022/2023 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Surgery and Physiology Department
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	21	Plano Oficial 2021	5	-	2	19	54

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To give theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in the field of Exercise Medicine, Sports Medicine and Physical Activity, with a clinical and a therapeutical objective.

This unit as the aim of introducing students to the basic knowledge, skills and attitudes in the care of the patient in the field of Sportive Medicine, particularly in what is concerning the practice of the physical activity, its main complications and injuries, and the basic principles of physical activity prescription in health and in disease.

The skills levels required according to the following two main categories are:

1. Levels of kowledge: a. Advanced knowledge, b. Detailed knowledge; c. General awarness

2. Levels of expertise: a. Expert (has scientific knowledge and use all the skills according to the scinentific knowledge and clinical implications); b. Advanced (uses some of the skills; c. Beginner (knows some basic skills)

Learning outcomes and competences

- Identify and understand the problems associated with exercise medicine and physical activity

- Introducing students to the basic knowledge, skills and attitudes in the care of the patient in the field of Sportive Medicine, particularly in what is concerning the practice of the physical activity, its main complications and injuries, and the basic principles of physical activity prescription in health and in disease.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Basic Science (seminar)

 

1. Functional evaluation and training control
2. Ethics and doping

 

Clinics (tutorials, problem solving, clinics)

 

1. Medical exam of the athlete
2. Cardiology and sudden death in sports
3. Exercise as treatment
4. Clinical practice
5. Allergy, asthma and sports
6. Psychology of sports
7. Nutrition and sports
8. Traumatology in sports
9. Preventive Medicine
10. Emergencies in Sports Medicine.

Mandatory literature

Stephen Paul, Scott Rand, Mark Stovak e Marc P. Hilgers; AMSSM Sports Medicine CAQ Study Guide. American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, 2012.
Francis G. O’ Connor; ACSM's Sports Medicine: A Comprehensive Review. American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, 2012.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Expositive method with theoretical-practical contents in the field of sports medicine

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)
Frequência das aulas	19,00
Estudo autónomo	35,00
Total:	54,00

Eligibility for exams

Students must attend at least 75% of the classes in person

Calculation formula of final grade

The final exam grade is worth 100%