2024
Health-Disease Processes
Name: Health-Disease Processes
Code: CMS14451L
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area:
Health Sciences
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Presentation
This UC contributes, through its programmatic contents, to the understanding of the intervening factors in the health-disease process and main reactions of adaptation of the organism to aggressions and unbalances.
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
GOALS:
- Understand the health illness continuum, effects of internal and external environment on health and well-being
- To know the adaptive processes of the human body to aggression
- Recognize biological, biochemical, and biophysical mechanisms in pathophysiology
- Identify the impact of microbiology and parasitology on human health
- Understand the mechanisms of biophysics and biochemistry
- Know notions of Bacteriology, virology and parasitology
SKILLS :
- Ability to identify determinants of health-disease processes
- Understanding adaptive responses to aggression
- Recognize pathogenic agents with potential to cause disease
- Understand the health illness continuum, effects of internal and external environment on health and well-being
- To know the adaptive processes of the human body to aggression
- Recognize biological, biochemical, and biophysical mechanisms in pathophysiology
- Identify the impact of microbiology and parasitology on human health
- Understand the mechanisms of biophysics and biochemistry
- Know notions of Bacteriology, virology and parasitology
SKILLS :
- Ability to identify determinants of health-disease processes
- Understanding adaptive responses to aggression
- Recognize pathogenic agents with potential to cause disease
Contents
Module I - Concepts of Health, Illness: Basis for the knowledge of the disease; External and internal causes of the disease.
Module II - Biophysics, biochemistry: study of metabolism, cell, membrane; Core Biochemistry, configured and diagnostics; Endocrine System; Biophysics and fluids; Radiation biophysics;
Module III - Bacteriology, virology and parasitology: Microbial structures: prokaryotes, eukaryotes and viruses, morphology of the microbial structure, constituents of the bacterial cell; Gram negative and Gram positive; Metabolism; genetics; antibiotics; Parasite/host relationship; Immunology concepts; Specific bacteriology; Main groups of bacterial infectious agents; Degrees of pathogenicity for different species within each group and/or genus; Agent/pathogeny/infection route/control and prevention relationship; coconuts; bacilli; Spirochetes; Spirals; Virology: General properties of viruses; Parasitology; General characteristics of fungi.
Module II - Biophysics, biochemistry: study of metabolism, cell, membrane; Core Biochemistry, configured and diagnostics; Endocrine System; Biophysics and fluids; Radiation biophysics;
Module III - Bacteriology, virology and parasitology: Microbial structures: prokaryotes, eukaryotes and viruses, morphology of the microbial structure, constituents of the bacterial cell; Gram negative and Gram positive; Metabolism; genetics; antibiotics; Parasite/host relationship; Immunology concepts; Specific bacteriology; Main groups of bacterial infectious agents; Degrees of pathogenicity for different species within each group and/or genus; Agent/pathogeny/infection route/control and prevention relationship; coconuts; bacilli; Spirochetes; Spirals; Virology: General properties of viruses; Parasitology; General characteristics of fungi.
Teaching Methods
The contents are exposed in theoretical classes, in which student participation is encouraged. Three seminars will be organized to present and discuss innovative health topics.
To consider continuous evaluation, the student must take an individual midterm exam (90%) and participation at seminars (10%).
The students whose final grade (continuous evaluation or final exam) is equal to or greater than 9.5 will be approved.
To consider continuous evaluation, the student must take an individual midterm exam (90%) and participation at seminars (10%).
The students whose final grade (continuous evaluation or final exam) is equal to or greater than 9.5 will be approved.
