2024
Environment, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
Name: Environment, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
Code: CMS14600O
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area:
Ciências Farmacêuticas
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: E-learning
Presentation
The curricular unit aims to convey the dimension of the environmental and human health impacts of the pharmaceutical and medical devices life cycles.
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
It is intended that the student will be able to:
Dscribe the presence of drugs in the environment, identifying prevalent active compounds (PhACs) and personal care products (PCPs), main exposure routes and effects on ecosystems.
Understand the boomerang effect concept of drugs and the role of gene-environment interaction.
Describe the usefulness of Effluent Epidemiology.
Understand the effect of climate change and pharmaceuticals on vector emergence.
Define Ecopharmacovigilance and indicate global environmental and drug disposal regulations.
Understand the environmental relevance of the cycle underlying the medical device.
Understand the interaction between medical devices and sustainability and the relevance of ecodesign; Describe the environmental impacts of single-use devices compared to reusable devices, particularizing polymeric materials and biopolymers.
Understand the relationship between medical devices and climate change.
Dscribe the presence of drugs in the environment, identifying prevalent active compounds (PhACs) and personal care products (PCPs), main exposure routes and effects on ecosystems.
Understand the boomerang effect concept of drugs and the role of gene-environment interaction.
Describe the usefulness of Effluent Epidemiology.
Understand the effect of climate change and pharmaceuticals on vector emergence.
Define Ecopharmacovigilance and indicate global environmental and drug disposal regulations.
Understand the environmental relevance of the cycle underlying the medical device.
Understand the interaction between medical devices and sustainability and the relevance of ecodesign; Describe the environmental impacts of single-use devices compared to reusable devices, particularizing polymeric materials and biopolymers.
Understand the relationship between medical devices and climate change.
Contents
Drugs in the environment: Pharmaceutical active compounds (PhACs) and personal care products (PCPs) as contaminants; Exposure routes and effects of pharmaceutical products; Agrochemicals; Epigenetic effects; The boomerang effect; Effluent Epidemiology in the Screening of illicit drugs and pharmaceuticals; Drugs, emerging vectors and climate change; Ecopharmacovigilance; Drug elimination and environmental regulation in the European Union and North America; Methods for the control of drugs in the environment.
Medical devices in the environment: Design, production, use and end of life of medical devices; Medical Devices and Sustainability; Lifecycle assessment and ecodesign; Single-use devices and environmental impacts; Recycling, reuse and reprocessing of single-use devices; Reusable devices and environmental impacts; Polymeric materials and environmental impacts; Biopolymers and environmental impacts; Medical devices and climate change.
Medical devices in the environment: Design, production, use and end of life of medical devices; Medical Devices and Sustainability; Lifecycle assessment and ecodesign; Single-use devices and environmental impacts; Recycling, reuse and reprocessing of single-use devices; Reusable devices and environmental impacts; Polymeric materials and environmental impacts; Biopolymers and environmental impacts; Medical devices and climate change.
Teaching Methods
As the teaching-learning model of this graduate program is based on blended-learning, the CU will be developed through a component of presential teaching and another of distance learning. Distance learning will take place through the Moodle platform, with the use of various tools, including thematic forums, scientific articles, videos, theoretical texts (prepared by the teacher and made available in PDF) and other documents, which will launch the basis for discussion and work in face-to-face sessions. There will be partial online assessments, in the form of questionnaires (quizzes) that will enable the lecturer to perform an assessment of learning continuity, and that will, simultaneously, reward the student with an appreciation of 15% in the final grade, thus promoting learning success. A final theoretical test (also online) will be responsible for 85% of the final grade.
Assessment
There will be partial online assessments, in the form of questionnaires (quizzes) that will enable the lecturer to perform an assessment of learning continuity, and that will, simultaneously, reward the student with an appreciation of 15% in the final grade, thus promoting learning success. A final theoretical test (also online) will be responsible for 85% of the final grade.
Teaching Staff
- Manuel Ramiro Dias Pastorinho [responsible]
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