Curricular Unit:			Code:
Parasitology and Mycology			843PARM
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
3	Master	Pharmaceutical Sciences	5 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Spring Semester		Portuguese/English	65
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
The students will understand the infectious diseases caused by human parasites and fungi, their dissemination, diagnosis, control, prevention and treatment. The student will also be able to collect and manipulate clinical samples and to correctly perform the laboratorial diagnosis of infections.
Syllabus:
Study of the pathogenesis, epidemiology, morphology, physiology, metabolism and virulence factors of fungi and parasites with clinical importance to humans. Manipulation of biological products and identification of yeasts, filamentous fungi and parasites of clinical interest.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
Students should be able to recognize the signs and symptoms of the diseases, and the corresponding means of dissemination and epidemiology, as they have to be able to do their intervention at the level of information and delivery of medication, and on Public Health towards health education. In this sense the study of mycosis and parasitosis with different clinical relevance to humans, as focused in the syllabus, will prepare the students for this professional challenge. Furthermore, as clinical analysts, they must know how to properly collect and manipulate the clinical samples according to the clinical suspiction, and to correctly diagnose and interpret the results. These are technical and scientific skills that are transmitted to students in the practical part of the course.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
Continuous evaluation. Form of educational performance: Presentation and discussion of relevant theoretical concepts in the classroom, self-study orientation of students by consultation of recommended bibliography. Brainstorming on pertinent issues related to the matter exposed in the classroom. Regarding the laboratory component, the skills will result from the laboratorial work that reinforces the theoretical learning.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
The lectures are essentially of expository nature, with presentation and discussion of clinical cases and real life situations. The critical thinking and independent study will always be fostered. Lectures will be supported with slideshow presentations and nuclear literature will be provided to the students to support their study. In practical classes the student will learn the most current techniques and methodologies for laboratory diagnosis of fungal and parasitological infections, including the classic, molecular biology and immunological techniques. Diagnosis from clinical samples, and the interpretation of results and the correct way to report them will be held.
Reading:
(1) Manual of Clinical Microbiology- Volume 2. James H. Jorgensen, Michael A. Pfaller, Karen C. Carroll, Guido Funke, Marie Louise Landry, Sandra S. Richter, David W. Warnock. ASM Press, 2015. (1) Jorgensen, J. H., Pfaller, M. A., Carroll, K. C., Funke, G., Landry, M. L., Richter, S. S., Warnock, D. W. Manual of Clinical Microbiology - Volume 2. (11th edition). ASM Press, 2015. (2) Barroso, H., Meliço-Silvestre, A., Taveira, N. Microbiologia Médica - Volume 2. Lidel, 2014. (3) Neves, D. P. Parasitologia Humana. Atheneu, 2012. (4) Ash, L., Orihel, T. Atlas de Parasitologia Humana. 5ª ed. Editorial Medica Panamericana, 2010. (5) Goering, R., Dockrell, H., Zuckerman, M., Roitt, I., Chiodini, P. Mims’ Medical Microbiology (5th edition). Saunders/Elsevier, 2013.