Inovations and New Technologies in the Field of Medicine

Code:

OPT4_07

Acronym:

INTM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2021/2022 - 2S (of 28-02-2022 to 09-06-2022)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Medical Teaching
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Masters Degree in Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIM	19	Official Study Plan	4	-	3	30	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Present the updates and new devices in the field of medicine (artificial intelligence, augmented reality, robots, 3D imaging and printing, etc.);

Understand the impact of these innovations on the clinical outcomes and the health care efficiency, benefits and added value.

Promote and stimulate scientific research on new technologies, devices and medical software that can bring benefits for the patients and healthcare providers

Learning outcomes and competences

Present the updates and new devices in the field of medicine (artificial intelligence, augmented reality, robots, 3D imaging and printing, etc.);

Understand the impact of these innovations on the clinical outcomes and the health care efficiency, benefits and added value.

Promote and stimulate scientific research on new technologies, devices and medical software that can bring benefits for the patients and healthcare providers

Working method

Presencial

Program

Evolution of Medicine and Surgery (from the ancient medicines and surgical rudimentary instruments to the nowadays modern treatments). Definition and upcoming role in medicine of Artificial intelligence and deep learning. Virtual reality and augmented reality. 3D imaging and printing. Technical and physiology principles of laparoscopy. Image-guided robotic surgery. Flexile and micro robots. Role of smartphone apps in Medicine and Clinical research. Drone usage for medicine supply. Remote patient monitoring, virtual meetings and cloud/smartwatch-based documentation for both doctors and patients to interact. Dr Google and its growing impact on doctor–patient relationship.

Mandatory literature

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine; ISSN: 0933-3657. Editor-in-Chief: Carlo Combi
Deep Medicine:; How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again by Eric Topol
Mixed and Augmented Reality in Medicine (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering); 1st Edition, by Terry M. Peters, Cristian A. Linte , Ziv Yaniv , Jacqueline Williams , 2019 by Taylors and Francis Group. ISBN-13: 978-1138068636
.; https://websurg.com
Journal of Medical Robotics Research; ISSN (print): 2424-905X | ISSN (online): 2424-9068

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical lectures; 

Conferences presented by invited experts of different fields on medical science;

Encourage collaboration with various departments and other schools of Porto’s university (biomedical engineer, biology, informatics, mathematics, physics, chemistry, etc);

Organize workshops;

Launch a website with innovative ideas, statistical methodology, courses provided and calendar of events.

The final evaluation will include 1 monography (related to innovations and new technologies in medicine) and continuous assessment of performance (assistant assessment). There will be attendance registration. Approval will be obtained with a minimum final mark of 9.5 in 20 maximum value.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	55,00
Frequência das aulas	26,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

According to the legislation in force.

Calculation formula of final grade

Continuous assessment - 50%
Monograph - 50%

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Oral Examination.

Classification improvement

Oral Examination.