Contextualization of Academic and Clinical Education

Code:

MEAC16_1

Acronym:

CEAC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Health Sciences

Instance: 2025/2026 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Public Health and Forensic Sciences, and Medical Education
Course/CS Responsible:	Academic and Clinical Education

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MEAC	9	Current Studies Plan	1	-	3	21	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The CU "Context of academic and clinical education" aims to contribute with knowledge, skills and behavioral attitudes able to develop the strategic skills to deal with the challenges faced by academic and clinical institutions in globalization and technological change conditions. 

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of this unit, students will be able to:

1- identify the main challenges faced by academic and clinical institutions in the context of globalization and technological change

2- judge academic and clinical quality standards based on previously established indicators

3- outline action strategies to meet the challenges of the diversity and complexity typical of academic and cllinical institutions

Working method

B-learning

Program

1- Globalization and change in academic and clinical systems in the XXI century

2- Diversity and complexity of academic and clinical systems

3- Academic and clinical quality standards

4- Academic and clinical challenges for the XXI century

Mandatory literature

Harden RM and Laidlaw JM; Essential Skills for a Medical Teacher: An Introduction to Teaching and Learning in Medicine, Elsevier, Edição: 3 (11 de junho, 2020), 2020. ISBN: 978-0702078552
General Medical Council; Tomorrow's Doctors. , 2009
Salerno-Kennedy, R., O'Flynn S. ; Medical Education: the State of the Art. , Nova Science Publishers, New York. , 2010

Complementary Bibliography

Burgess, A., Matar, E., Neuen, B. Fox, GJ; A longitudinal faculty development program: supporting a culture of teaching., Springer Nature, 2019. ISBN: 14726920
Zuo, L., & Miller Juvé, A. ; Transitioning to a new era: Future directions for staff development during COVID-19., Wiley Online Library, 2021. ISBN: 1365-2923
Martin G. Tolsgaard, Martin V. Pusic, Stefanie S. Sebok-Syer, Brian Gin, Morten Bo Svendsen, Mark D. Syer, Ryan Brydges, Monica M. Cuddy & Christy K. Boscardin; The fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence in medical education research: AMEE Guide No. 156, 2023

Teaching methods and learning activities

This course will be implemented based on a combinatorial methodology based on:

(a) lectures on selected themes (seminars with invited experts)

(b) analysis in small groups of articles, book chapters, videos and other materials on academic and clinical context

(c) discussion groups about hot topics with an impact on academic and cllinical institutions

(d) Independent study / autonomous

This CU is assessed at formative and summative terms: (1) Individual and group activities distributed throughout the semester to be held in the classroom in independent study (25%); (2) summative performed by an essay at the end of the UC (75%).

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with 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	60,00
Frequência das aulas	21,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

75% attendance.

Calculation formula of final grade

Formative assessment weighted at 25% in the final classification: will focus on the assessment of student participation in the teaching / learning process of the curricular unit. 

Summative assessment (essay on the profile of health professionals) weighted 75% in the final classification.

Classification improvement

Students wishing to improve their marks in the appeal period will have to complete a written assignment and answer a development question.