Clinical Immunology

Code:

OPT5_11

Acronym:

IC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S (of 03-03-2025 to 13-06-2025)

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	3	Official Study Plan	5	-	3	32	81

Teaching language

Portuguese
Obs.: Português - Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

In addition to the general and transversal objectives of the curricular units of the MIM, the main objectives are the optimization of the functional link between theoretical knowledge, clinical practice and therapeutic therapy.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students should acquire knowledge and skills to:

- Know how to recognize as major autoimmune pathologies

- Conducting an osteoarticular physical examination

- Use of memory indexes and impairments in autoimmune diseases

- Correlate the results of the auxiliary diagnostic tests with the clinic presentation

- Have notions of the different therapies used in the treatment of diseases autoimmune diseases

Working method

Presencial

Program

Group sessions cases presentation where are addressed cases of patients with varied autoimmune pathology

Autoimmune disease consultations

Mandatory literature

Harrison; Harrison´s Principles of Internal Medicine, McGraw-Hill

Teaching methods and learning activities

Personalized teaching, with involvement of the student in all daily activities already existing in this area.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

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

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	32,00
Frequência das aulas	49,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

To obtain attendance the student will have to attend 3/4 of the classes and will have to prepare a report of the activities developed.

Calculation formula of final grade

Components of assessment to calculate the final grade

• Continuous evaluation - 80%
• Report activities presentation and discussion - 20%

 Are approved the students who has a minimum score of 9.5 (0-20 scale)