Medical and Surgical Specialties I
Code
11186
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas | NOVA Medical School
Department
TRA - Surgery and Human Morphology
Credits
15
Teacher in charge
Prof. Doutor Jaime da Cunha Branco
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1. EMC1 students must receive information in terms of Internal Medicine and the specialties included this year that allow them:
2. To diagnose, treat and follow the progression of the more frequent Internal Medicine and specialty medical conditions not requiring the use of specific techniques of those specialties;
3. To recognize conditions that due to the need of diagnosis techniques and/or more specific therapies, should be timely referred to Specialties;
4. To diagnose emergency situations and to know how to initiate the more indicated therapeutic measures;
5. To be familiar, even briefly, with the more rare conditions.
Prerequisites
Subject matter
Cardiovascular diseases
Metabolic diseases
Fever and infections
Blood Diseases
Respiratory diseases
AVC and coma
Back Pain
Bibliography
- Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine
- Braunwald E, et al
- McGraw-Hill, 2005
- Bates Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking.
- Ed Lynn S. Bickley.
- Lippincott. 2004
- Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases
- Mandell, et al
- Wiley Medical Publication
Teaching method
Teaching will consist of theoretical and practical classes and practical internship training.
36 Theoretical Classes. The practical classes will be held from 08.30 AM to 1 PM, Monday to Friday, for 10 weeks.
Internal Medicine: 4 weeks
Infectious Diseases: 2 weeks
Neurology: 2 weeks
Orthopedics / Rheumatology: 2 weeks
Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine: only theoretical classes
Strategies:
Initiating students to ward practice;
Promoting outpatients follow-up;
Tutored frequency of internal and/or external emergency services (whenever possible); day hospital.
Evaluation method