Curricular Unit:			Code:
Biophysics and Biomechanics			853BBIO
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Undergraduate	Nursing	4 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
		Portuguese/English	52
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
At the end of the frequency of the course the student should be able to (OA): 1. Define model. 2. Analyze the studied models.s. 3.Understand and analyse an exponential variation. 4.Apply the knowledge of the exponential variation to the explanation of exponential phenomena. 5.Understand the basic and general mechanism of a regulatory phenomenon. 6.Analyse regulatory processes already investigated, defining their variables and control cycles. 7.Explain how body temperature control and the effects of hypothermia and hyperthermia. 8.Apply the general mechanisms of regulation and control to regulate blood glucose and regulate the rate of carbon dioxide in the blood. 9.Recognize the most important properties of blood. 10.Apply the physical concepts of hydrodynamics to the blood stream. 11.Relate hydrodynamics to techniques of nurse such as measuring blood pressure. 12.Understand and explain states of alteration to normal circulatory dynamics.
Syllabus:
CP1 - Biophysics, its objectives and methods. 1. 1. e 1.2 - correlates with OA1 e OA2. 1. 3.1. - correlates with OA3 1. 3.1.1 a 1.3.1. - correlates with OA4. CP2 - Regulation and control 2. a 2. 4. 4 - correlates with OA5, OA6 e OA7 2.5. a 2.6.3. - correlates with OA8 CP3 - Fluid Dynamics and Blood Circulation 3.1. e 3.1.1. - correlates with OA9 3.1.2. a 3.2.4 - correlates with OA10 3.2.5. correlates with OA11 3.3 a 3.4.5 - correlates with OA12
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
CP1 - Biophysics, its objectives and methods. 1. 1. e 1.2 - correlates with OA1 e OA2. 1. 3.1. - correlates with OA3 1. 3.1.1 a 1.3.1. - correlates with OA4. CP2 - Regulation and control 2. a 2. 4. 4 - correlates with OA5, OA6 e OA7 2.5. a 2.6.3. - correlates with OA8 CP3 - Fluid Dynamics and Blood Circulation 3.1. e 3.1.1. - correlates with OA9 3.1.2. a 3.2.4 - correlates with OA10 3.2.5. correlates with OA11 3.3 a 3.4.5 - correlates with OA12
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 Two summative assessment tests (50% each of the final classification). 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” : OA 3 a OA6 M3 - Independent research activities that will be based on development and research issues: OA1, OA 2 e OA12 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: OA10 e OA11
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. http://www.conteudodeenfermagem.com/2013/12/medir-pressao-arterial.html