History of Medicine and of Dentistry

Recommended Prerequisites

Secondary school.

Teaching Methods

Magistral lectures by visiting professors.

Magistral lectures.

Students presentations.

Specific individual search.

In-location visits of historical sites.

Learning Outcomes

To know, understand and present the most relevant steps of the history of medicine and of dentistry, on a general basis.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Medical and dental teaching in Portugal.

Medicine of the 20^th Century.

Some of most distinguished doctors and dentists of Portugal and of the World (biography and achievments).

Historical notes on some of the medical and of the dental main specialities.

Head Lecturer(s)

José Pedro Henriques Figueiredo

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Research work: 100.0%

Bibliography

- RASTEIRO, A. - Ensino Médico em Coimbra. 1999 Quarteto, Coimbra. Pag 1131-2000

- REYS, Lessep - Aspectos éticos e deontológicos da Medicina Moderna. «Acção Médica», 57 (3): 141, 1993.

- SERRÃO, Daniel - Desafios hipocráticos da Medicina Moderna. «Revista da Ordem dos Médicos», Janeiro 1992, pag. 8.

- SOUSA, A. - Curso da História da Medicina. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 1981.

- TUBIANA, Maurice - Histoire de la Pensée Médicale. Les Chemins d'Esculape. Flammarion: 1995.