2026

Contingency and Risk Management

Name: Contingency and Risk Management
Code: ENF13671O
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area: Nursing

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

- To acquire knowledge for the preparation of a Contingency Plan
- Discuss issues related to the reorganization of services
- Identify strategies for the resumption of services
- Recognize the rights and duties of professionals and citizens - legal issues

Contents

- Levels of the preparation, response and recovery phases
- The elaboration of the Contingency Plan
- Reorganization of services taking into account the phases of a pandemic
- Use of Personal Protective Equipment
- The resumption of services
- Life in society and issues of self-care
- Legal issues (rights and duties) of professionals and citizens

Teaching Methods

The methodologies focus on the master and debate sessions guided / moderated by the teacher. In the teaching of the planned program, pedagogical strategies will be selected to stimulate the acquisition of knowledge and skills by the students, making them co-responsible for the teaching-learning process, based on research, reflection, critical questioning and continuous analysis, properly oriented and framed in the teaching and tutorial sessions.
The evaluation will be continuous through group and individuak work (50/50) and will include the active participation of the student.
Tutorial guidance will be managed in person or remotely, individually or in groups. The material is placed on the Moodle platform: thematic in Powerpoint, video, ... exercise documents, articles to support materials.