Curricular Unit:Code:
Applied Pathology1032PAPI
Year:Level:Course:Credits:
1MasterPhysiotherapy (Physiotherapy Elderly)6 ects
Learning Period:Language of Instruction:Total Hours:
Portuguese/English78
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
-To know the concept of physiological and pathological aging
Geriatric syndromes
- Main pathologies by systems: definition, pathophysiology, clinical and preventive treatment
Syllabus:
-To know the concept of physiological and pathological aging
Geriatric syndromes
- Main pathologies by systems: definition, pathophysiology, clinical and preventive treatment
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
The physiotherapist as part of an interdisciplinary team must master more significant aspects of the typical and atypical apressaçao of the main pathologies of the elderly, often patient with chronic pluripatology.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
-Thematic and object presentation by Professor
- peoaluno bibliographic search
-Approval of individual-group work by students
-Ducidences and Conclusions with the Teacher
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
- Thematic and object presentation by Professor - peoaluno bibliographic search -Approval of individual-group work by students -Ducidences and Conclusions with the Teacher will highlight the most important theoretical and practic Adrian Blundell (Autor), Adam Gordon al aspects accompanied by real clinical cases
Reading:
-JUAN DEL LLANO SEÑARIS, VICENTE ORTUN RUBIO, JOSÉ MARIA MARTIN MORENO, JESUS MILLAN NUÑEZ-CORTÉS, JEAN GENÉ BADIA.Gestión Sanitaria. Innovaciones y desafíos. Edit. Masson. Barcelona, 1998.
-J. L. ALBAREDE y cols. Enfermedad de Alzheimer. Glosa Ediciones. Barcelona, 1998.
-AMANDA J. SQUIRES. Rehabilitation of Older People. Edit. Chapman and Hall. 2.ª edición. Londres, 1996.
-REJEAN HÉBERT, KRYSTYNA KOURI, GUY LACOMBE. Vieillissement cognitif normal et pathologique. Editorial Edisem. Quebec, Canadá, 1997.
-B. VELLAS, J. P. MICHEL, L. Z. RUBENSTEIN. Geriatrics Programs and departments around the World. Edit. Serdi Publisher. Paris. Springer Publishing Company New York. 1998.
Oxford Handbook of Geriatric Medicine (Oxford Medical Handbooks)Lesley K. Bowker , James D. Price , Kunal S. Shah , Sarah C. Smith, 2018
Blundell, A: Geriatric Medicine at a Glance. Adrian Blundell , Adam Gordon . Wiley Blackwel .2015