2024
Seminar in Gerontology and Health I
Name: Seminar in Gerontology and Health I
Code: CMS14655O
12 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/312 hours
Scientific Area:
Health Sciences
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Presentation
It is proposed to provide students with contact, reflection and debate on relevant and current topics in Gerontology and Health and to promote critical thinking on the issues of active and successful aging in the context of life span in contemporary societies.
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
1. Provide students with contact, reflection and debate on relevant and current topics in Gerontology and Health;
2. Promote critical thinking on the issues of active and successful aging in the context of life span in contemporary societies.
We intend that, at the end of the seminar sessions, students will have acquired the following skills:
- Understand the interdisciplinary relevance of the plural problems of the aging of the population;
- Know how to frame, develop and discuss the research and intervention problems in Gerontology with an in-depth understanding of the phenomena of aging, based on relevant and up-to-date scientific literature.
2. Promote critical thinking on the issues of active and successful aging in the context of life span in contemporary societies.
We intend that, at the end of the seminar sessions, students will have acquired the following skills:
- Understand the interdisciplinary relevance of the plural problems of the aging of the population;
- Know how to frame, develop and discuss the research and intervention problems in Gerontology with an in-depth understanding of the phenomena of aging, based on relevant and up-to-date scientific literature.
Contents
1. Cycle of seminars or lectures on current research and intervention in gerontology and elderly health:
a) guest speaker sessions;
b) sessions co-organized by post-graduate students.
a) guest speaker sessions;
b) sessions co-organized by post-graduate students.
Teaching Methods
The teaching methodology consists essentially of participating in seminar sessions presented by professors and specialists in Gerontology, and organized by the students themselves, covering the different areas of research and intervention on current issues.
Continuous Evaluation or Evaluation by final exam:
- 1 summary report of the seminar sessions: 25%
- 1 paper (scientific article) related with the seminar topics: 75%
Continuous Evaluation or Evaluation by final exam:
- 1 summary report of the seminar sessions: 25%
- 1 paper (scientific article) related with the seminar topics: 75%
Teaching Staff
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