Curricular Unit:			Code:
Biophysics and Complementary Means of Diagnosis			1077BMCD
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
2	Undergraduate	Nursing	4 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Winter Semester		Portuguese/English	52
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
OA1. To understand and analyze an exponential variation. OA2. To apply exponential variations to phenomena of clinical interest. OA3. To provide students with theoretical knowledge about the different means of diagnosis used in clinical practice. OA4. Define model and know the model of biological membranes. OA5. To explain transport mechanisms across membranes. OA6. To understand the general mechanism of regulation. OA7. To apply regulation nomenclature to glycaemia and thermal settings. OA 8. To know the heat transport mechanisms. OA9. To understand the states of change in body temperature. OA10. To recognize the most important properties of blood as a fluid. OA11. To apply the physical concepts of hydrodynamics to blood circulation. OA12. To relate hydrodynamics to nursing techniques such as blood pressure measurement. OA13. To understand and explain states of alteration to circulatory dynamics.
Syllabus:
CP1 - Biophysics, its objectives and methods. 1.1. The human being as an open and regulated system. 1.2. Models: biological membranes. 1.3. Study of exponential variations applied to phenomena of physiological interest. CP2 - Notions, indications, limitations and results of complementary diagnostic methods. 2.1. Radiology; Ultrasound; Echo-endoscopy; TAC; NMR; Nuclear medicine. 2.2. Ionizing radiation. CP3 - Transport Phenomena. Models for plasma membranes. Osmosis and diffusion. CP4 - Regulation and control 4.1. Feedback cycle. Stationary states. Negative and positive feedbacks. 4.2. Blood glucose regulation. 4.3. Homeothermy. 4.4. Change in body temperature. CP5 - Fluid Dynamics. 5.1. Physical characteristics of blood. 5.2. Cardiac work. Debt Conservation Law. Fluid dynamics. Bernoulli and Poiseuille laws. 5.3. Phenomena at the capillary level. 5.4. Change in circulatory dynamics.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
CP1 - Biophysics, its objectives and methods aims to achieve: OA1, OA2, OA4 and OA6. CP2 - Notions, indications, limitations and results of complementary diagnostic means, aims to achieve: OA2 and OA3. CP3 - Transport phenomena and models for plasma membranes, aim to reach OA4, OA5, OA8 and OA13. CP4 - Regulation and control and homeothermy, aims to achieve OA6, OA7, AO and OA9. CP5 - Fluid Dynamics, aims to achieve OA10, OA11, OA12 and OA13.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
M1 - Use of the e-learning platform to store educational material that will available to the student. M2 - The material provided will support part of the “based problems learning” M3 - Independent research activities that will be based on development and research issues. M4 - Development of basic contents synthesis activities, after oral presentation, where students will have a proactive involvement. M5 - The use of demonstration videos of relevant techniques in nursing will also be used to promote the discussion of the physical fundamentals inherent to them. Evaluation Assessment tests (30% Laboratorial and 70% theory). The summative evaluation will include a cognitive test (open question that demonstrates the student's understanding of the relevance of content to the nursing domains).
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
M1 - Use of the e-learning platform to store educational material that will available to the student: All the objectives M2 - The material provided will support part of the “based problems learning” : OA1, OA2, OA5, OA6 and OA11. M3 - Independent research activities that will be based on development and research issues: OA4, OA5 e OA9, OA12 and OA13. M4 - Development of basic contents synthesis activities, after oral presentation, where students will have a proactive involvement: All the objectives M5 - The use of demonstration videos of relevant techniques in nursing will also be used to promote the discussion of the physical fundamentals inherent to them: OA3, OA7, OA11 and OA12.
Reading:
- Félix M. Goñi. The basic structure and dynamics of cell membranes: An update of the Singer–Nicolson model. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1838 (2014) 1467–1476. - Hobbie, Russell K., Roth, Bradley J. Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology, Springer. 2015. ISBN 978-3-319-12682-1. - Gomes, L.R. Biofísica para Ciências da Saúde. Ed. Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Porto, 2012. ISBN: 9789728830380. - http://www.conteudodeenfermagem.com/2013/12/medir-pressao-arterial.html. - The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy; Merck & Co., Inc. (www.merck.com). -Hrazdira., I. et al.(2012). Fundamentals of biophysics and medical technology. (2ª ed). Dolní Zivotice : Masaryk University. ISBN 978-80-210-5758-6. -Andriolo, A. (coord) (2005). Guia de medicina laboratorial. Barueri : Manole, 2005. 8520420001. -Wilkinson, G., Moore, B., Moore, P. (2006). Guia prático Climepsi do diagnóstico médico. (1ª ed.) Lisboa: Climepsi. ISBN 972-796-179-7.
Lecturer (* Responsible):
António Ferreira Rodrigues (ajfrodrigues@ufp.edu.pt) Lígia Gomes (lrgomes@ufp.edu.pt)