Curricular Unit:			Code:
Biophysics and Biomechanics			1023BBIO
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Undergraduate	Speech Therapy	4 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Winter Semester		Portuguese/English	52
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
Objectives (OA) 1. Understand the relationship between physical quantities and their meaning and wave mechanics. 2. Understand an oscillatory variation. 3. Analyze oscillatory phenomena that have relevant interest in clinical practice and day to day. 4. Know and explain some fundamental concepts of wave mechanics, such as longitudinal / transverse waves and their characteristic parameters. 5. Understand resonance phenomena. 6. Explain and know the mechanisms of the nerve impulse and the simple biophysical aspects associated with it. 7. Explain the mechanisms of ion exchange processing during nerve conduction. 8. Know the most important devices for the generation and capture of sound. 9. Apply the physical concepts of fluid mechanics (gaseous) and wave mechanics (sound waves) to the airflow in the respiratory tree. 10. Understand the mechanism of generation of sound waves by the human vocal apparatus.
Syllabus:
CP 1. Introduction 1.1 Methods of study of biomechanics: the analogy and models 1.2 Fundamental concepts: matter, waves, interactions 1.3 The use of mathematics in wave mechanics. 1.4 Dimension and dimensional analysis CP2. The electrical impulse and the nervous flow 2.1 Nerve cells, resting potential of the axon membrane 2.2 Models for nerve conduction in the axon 2.3.Response to a strong stimulus: the potential for action CP3. Biophysics of pulmonary respiratory function 3.1 Respiratory system 3.2 Notions of elasticity, compliance, diffusion, surface tension and surface energy 3.3 application of Dalton's Law, Fick's laws of diffusion and Laplace's law 3.4 Models for pulmonary ventilation CP4. Sound and bioacoustics 4.1 Characteristic parameters of waves and properties 4.2 Physiological characteristics of sound 4.3 Models for the production and decoding of sound waves
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
CP1 - correlates with OA1, OA2, OA3. CP2 - correlates with OA1, OA6 e OA7 CP3 - correlates with OA5, OA6, OA8, OA9 e OA10 CP4 – correlates with OA1, OA2, OA3, OA4, OA5, OA8 e OA10
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 about wave mechanics that will also be used to promote the discussion of the physical fundamentals inherent to them. Evaluation Two summative assessment tests and a written work (30% and 60% each of the final classification) and a work 10%. The summative evaluation will include a cognitive test (open question that demonstrates the student's understanding of the relevance of content to the speech therapy 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 to OA5 M3 - Independent research activities that will be based on development and research issues: OA3, OA8 e OA10. 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: OA5, OA6 e OA10
Reading:
J. A. Tuszynski and J. M. Dixon, Biomedical Applications of Introductory Physics, John Wiley & Sons, 2002. Gomes, L.R.; Biofísica para Ciências da Saúde, Ed. Universidade Fernando Pessoa, 2012. Durán, José E. R. - Biofísica: Fundamentos e Aplicações. São Paulo, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2003.
Lecturer (* Responsible):
Lígia Gomes (lrgomes@ufp.edu.pt)