2010-2011 academic year
Integrated Medicine III (20554)
Qualification/course: bachelor's degree in Medicine
Year: third
Term: second
Number of ECTS credits: 4 credits
Student commitment: 20 h face-to-face and 80 h pf personal work
Teaching language or languages: Catalan / Spanish
Teaching staff: Josep Eladi Baños (UPF), Ramon Miralles (UAB)
1. Introduction to the subject
According to the syllabus for the Pompeu Fabra University and Autonomous University of Barcelona joint bachelor's degree in Medicine, one of the main objectives is comprehensive training in medical knowledge, so that the biological foundations of Medicine and the clinical disciplines are not thought of in terms of closed subjects without any continuity. For this reason, it includes a group of subjects entitled Integrated Medicine I, II, III and IV, which will be taught in the first four years of the bachelor's degree in Medicine.
Integrated Medicine is therefore the name for subjects focusing on the presentation of health problems in a cross-disciplinary manner, both horizontally and vertically. This means that students must achieve the educational objectives for the subjects in their year, but also in the previosu and subsequent years. Obviously, this means that the degree is considered an inseparable whole and not a combination of six courses. In other words, students must understand some items that are theoretically taught in subjects in later years, and will subsequently return to concepts from the first courses that should be assimilated.
These subjects also aim to be a platform for the development of basic generic competences, some of which will be specifically covered in other subjects, but which require specific activities, such as those carried out in Integrated Medicine.
2. Competences to be acquired
3. Contents
During the teaching period, students must solve four problems, on which they will spend two weeks each (except for case 4, on which they will spend three):
- Case 1: Twentieth century plagues.
- Case 2: Intelligent bacteria
- Case 3: Alphabet disease
- Case 4: The dream of Saints Cosmas and Damian
4. Assessment
The assessment will include the following activities:
-Final examination (60% of the final mark): consisting of 30 multiple choice questions that are part of the normal termly examination (40%) and a written problem-solving test (20%).
-Case work (40%):
Cases 1 and 2: individual work (written presentation)
Case 3: group work (written presentation)
Case 4: group work (oral presentation)
5. Bibliography and teaching resources
5.1. Basic bibliography
GENERAL WORKS
ANON. Dorland, diccionario enciclopédico ilustrado de medicina. 30th ed. Madrid: Elsevier, 2005.
FOZ, M.; LLAURADÓ, E.; RAMIS, J. Diccionari enciclopèdic de medicina. Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2000.
NAVARRO, F. A. Diccionario crítico de dudas inglés-español de medicina. 2nd ed. Madrid: McGraw-Hill Interamericana, 2000.
ANATOMY
MOORE, K. L.; AGUR, A. M. R. Fundamentos de anatomía con orientación clínica. 2nd ed. Madrid: Editorial Médica Panamericana, 2003.
PUTZ, R.; PABST, R. Sobotta atlas de anatomía humana. 22nd ed. Madrid: Editorial Médica Panamericana, 2006.
MOORE, K. L.; DALLEY, A. F. Anatomía con orientación clínica. 5th ed. Madrid: Editorial Médica Panamericana, 2007.
BIOCHEMISTRY
BERG, J. M. Bioquímica. 6th ed. Barcelona: Reverté, 2008.
VOET, D. Bioquímica. 3rd ed. Buenos Aires: Editorial Médica Panamericana, 2006.
EPIDEMIOLOGY
LILIENFELD, D. E. Foundations of epidemiology. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
ROTHMAN, K. J. Epidemiology: an introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
PHARMACOLOGY
FLÓREZ, J. Farmacología humana. 5th ed. Barcelona: Elsevier-Masson, 2007.
RANG, H. P.; DALE, M. M.; RITTER, J. M.; FLOWER, R. J.; RANG and DALE. Farmacología. 6th ed. Barcelona: Elsevier-Churchill Livingstone, 2008.
PHYSIOLOGY AND PHYSIOPATHOLOGY
ESTELLER, A.; CORDERO, M. Fundamentos de fisiopatología. Madrid: McGraw-Hill Interamericana, 1998.
FOX, S. I. Fisiología humana. 10th ed. Madrid: McGraw-Hill Interamericana, 2008.
GUYTON, A. C. Tratado de fisiología médica. 11th ed. Madrid: Elsevier España, 2006.
GUYTON, A. C.; HALL, J. E. Fisiología y fisiopatología. 6th ed. Mexico: McGraw-Hill Interamericana, 1998.
POCOCK, G. Fisiología humana: la base de la medicina. 2nd ed. Barcelona: Masson, 2005.
GENETICS
KLUG, W. S.; CUMMINGS, M. R. Conceptos de genética. 8th ed. Madrid: Pearson Educación, 2006.
HISTOLOGY
FAWCETT, D. W. Bloom and Fawcett: Concise Histology. 2nd ed. London: Arnold, 2002.
JUNQUEIRA, L. C. U. Histología básica. 5th ed. Barcelona: Masson, 2000.
MCKENZIE, J. C. Basic concepts in cell biology and histology: a student's survival guide. New York: McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Divisions, 2000.
IMMUNOLOGY
PAUL, W. E. Fundamental Immunology. 6th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott / William Wilkins, 2008.
REGUEIRO, J. R.; LÓPEZ, C.; GONZÁLEZ, S.; MARTÍNEZ, E. Inmunología. Biología y patología del sistema inmune. 3rd ed. Madrid: Editorial Médica Panamericana, 2002.
INTERNAL MEDICINE
ROZMAN, C. (ed.); FARRERAS-ROZMAN. Medicina interna. 16th ed. Madrid: Harcourt-Brace España, 2009.
KASPER, D. L. Harrison. Principios de medicina interna. 16th ed. Mexico: McGraw-Hill Interamericana, 2005.
5.2. Complementary bibliography
GENERAL WORKS
LAST, J. M. (ed.). Diccionario de epidemiología. Salvat: Barcelona, 1989.
ANATOMY
LLUSÁ, M.; MERÍ, A.; RUANO-GIL, D. Manual y atlas fotográfico de anatomía del aparato locomotor. Madrid: Editorial Médica Panamericana, 2004.
BIOCHEMISTRY
MATHEWS, C. K. Bioquímica. 3rd ed. Madrid: Pearson Educación, 2002.
STRYER, L. Biochemistry. 5th. Barcelona: Editorial Reverté, 2003.
EPIDEMIOLOGY
GORDIS, L. Epidemiology. 4th ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 2009.
MACMAHON, B.; TRICHOUPOULUS, D. Epidemiología. Madrid: Marban, 2001.
SACKETT, D. L.; HAYNES, B.; GUYATT, G. H.; TUGWELL, P. Epidemiología clínica, ciencia básica para la medicina clínica. 2nd ed. Buenos Aires: Editorial Médica Panamericana, 1991.
PHARMACOLOGY
BRUNTON, L. L.; LAZO, J. S.; PARKER, K. L.; GOODMAN & GILMAN. Las bases farmacológicas de la terapéutica. 11th ed. Mexico: McGraw-Hill, 2007.
PHYSIOLOGY AND PHYSIOPATHOLOGY
GANONG, W. F. Fisiología humana. 20th ed. Mexico: El Manual Moderno, 2006.
LEVY, M. N.; STANTON, B. A.; KOEPPEN, B. M. Physiology: Berne and Levy. 4th ed. Madrid: Harcourt, 2006.
TRESGUERRES, J. A. F. [et al.]. Fisiología humana. 3rd ed. Madrid: McGraw-Hill Interamericana, 2003.
GENETICS
KLUG, W. S.; CUMMINGS, M. R. Conceptos de genética. 8th ed. Madrid: Pearson Educación, 2006.
HISTOLOGY
GARTNER, L. P.; HIATT, J. L. Histología. Texto y Atlas. Mexico: McGraw-Hill Interamericana, 1997.
STEVENS, A. Histología humana. 3rd ed. Madrid: Elsevier, 2006.
IMMUNOLOGY
ABBAS, A. K.; LICHTMAN, A. H.; POBER, J. S. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 6th ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders Elsevier, 2007.
ABBAS, A. K.; LICHTMAN, A. H.; POBER, J. S. Inmunología celular y molecular. 5th ed. Madrid: Elsevier, 2004.
JANEWAY, C. A.; TRAVERS, P.; WALPORT, M.; CAPRA, J. D. Immunobiology: The Immune System in Health and Disease. 5th ed. New York: Garland, 2001.
JANEWAY, C. A.; TRAVERS, P.; WALPORT, M.; CAPRA, J. D. Inmunobiología. 4th ed. Barcelona: Masson S.A., 2000.
6. Methodology
The subject is taught in problem-based learning (PBL) format. This method, in use at UPF since 2003, involves students working alone or in groups on a problem or case for two weeks, under the supervision of their tutor or tutors.
7. Programme of activities
23-9-2010. Subject presentation to the class group. Explanation of the subject, its characteristics, assignment of groups and clarification of doubts.
27-9-2010. First case 1 tutorial session. Presentation and debate of case 1.
4-10-2010. Second case 1 tutorial session. Presentation of students' findings and resolution of the case.
8-10-2010. Hand-in of the individual work for case 1.
11-10-2010. First case 2 tutorial session. Correction of students' work. Presentation and debate of case 2.
18-10-2010. Second case 2 tutorial session. Presentation of students' findings and resolution of the case.
22-10-2010. Hand-in of the individual work for case 2.
25-10-2010. First case 3 tutorial session. Correction of students' work. Presentation and debate of case 3.
8-11-2010. Second case 3 tutorial session. Presentation of students' findings and resolution of the case.
12-11-2010. Hand-in of the group work for case 3.
15-11-2010. First case 4 tutorial session. Correction of students' group work. Presentation and debate of case 4.
22-11-2010. Second case 4 tutorial session. Presentation of students' findings and resolution of the case.
29-11-2010. Third case 4 tutorial session. Oral presentation of the students' group work
3-12-2010. Subject closing session. Discussion of final doubts, comments on preparation for the examination and assessment of the activity