Sports Medicine
Code
11164
Academic unit
NOVA Medical School | Faculdade de Ciências Médicas
Department
TRA - Functional Sciences and Therapeutic Targets
Credits
3
Teacher in charge
Profª Doutora Maria João Cascais
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
General Aims
The general goal of this Unit is to bring to the Students the knowledge of medical specialization, to be disclosed, Sports Medicine.
We hope to provide the students with the themes below, a perspective of this discipline and the its growing impact in the health and well being of the population.
Specific Aims
These goals are to give the Students the basic concepts of intervention in Sports Medicine, and learning of the biochemical and physiological basis that guide the medical practice in this field.
The Student will be lectured in theoretical and practical aspects in contact with professionals and their protocols of acting in the field
Prerequisites
Subject matter
The concept of Sports Medicine, as a medical specialization, belonging in the Health Population , and with the aim of adjuvant in thetreatment of chronic diseases.
The pupils will be in contact with several doctors and other Professional in the field.
The themes are organized by topics of learnig goals in the scheme that follows.
Themes
A list of themes as follow :
Themes
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General aspects of Sports Medicine |
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1 Class |
Sports Medicine an historical perpective |
Prof. Maria João cascais |
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2 Class |
Tests in sports medicine |
Dr. Marcos Miranda |
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3 Class |
Biochemistry of exercise |
Prof. Maria João Cascais |
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Anatomophisiology |
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4 Class |
Anatomophisiology of movement I |
Prof. Diogo Pais |
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5 Class |
Anatomophisiology of movement II |
Prof. Diogo Pais |
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Special medical conditions |
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6 Class |
Cardiology in Sports Medicine |
Dr Fonseca Esteves |
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7 Class |
Respiratory diseases in Sports Medicine |
Dr. Pedro da Mata |
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8 Class |
Prevention of Lesions |
Dr. Paulo Beckert Rodrigues |
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9 Class |
Rehabilitation of Lesions |
Prof Pedro Branco |
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10 Class |
Exercise and Chronic Diseases |
Prof. Jaime Branco |
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11 Class |
Pharmacology in Sports Medicine |
Prof. Maria João Cascais |
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The sports medicine physician |
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12 Class |
The role of Sports Medicine Physician |
Prof. Maria João Cascais |
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13 Class |
Jetlag and climate adaptation |
Prof. Maria João Cascais |
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14 Class |
Concussion in Sport |
Drª Rita Tomas |
Bibliography
Livro de Texto: Clinical Sports Medicine, Peter Brukner, Karim Khan, McGraw- Hill Medical; 4 edition ( 1 Jan 2012 )
ISBN-10: 0070998131
ISBN-13: 978-0070998131
American College of Sports Medicine (alguns textos)
Teaching method
The classes will be of 1 hour and 50 minutes and the first hour will be of theoric exposition and the second will be discussion of na article or clinical case.
Without failing classes the students will be invited to visit a clinical institute of sports medicine.
There will be observation of athletes and treatments.
Evaluation method
a)Evaluation assement
Evaluation 50% along the classes and 50 % by a test of 20 multiple choice questions
B) Evaluation appraisal
The assiduity to classes is an adjuvant factor of 50% mentioned , meaning 10% of 50%