Curricular Unit 5 - Puncture Points and Systems

Recommended Prerequisites

Scientific knownledge of Medicine

  Minimal skills of medical emergency

  Capacity for analyse and use of complementary diagnostic tests

  Practice Medical act

  Teorical knowledge of Traditional Acupuncture

  Scientific knownledge of the action of dry puncture.

Teaching Methods

It’s intended to achieve the acquisition of knowledge by lecture method, through theoretical and experimental study.

Learning Outcomes

The student, doctor in training, should deepen their knowledge of the traditional chinese system and relate it with current scientific knowledge and technology.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The study of acupuncture based on the use of laboratory animals in Experimental Pathology

  The study of functional systems according to the TCS and analysis according current knowledge

  The clinical history in a integrated prespective

  The medical acupucnture consultation in a perspective of integration – organizational aspects

  The research in acupuncture, in humans, with resources of diagnostic tests and, if possible, with artifitial intelligence.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Filomena Rabaça Roque Botelho

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

An introduction to weternn medical Acupuncture. Adrian White, Mike Cummings, Jacqueline Filshie. Elsevier, 2008

Acupuncture in neurological condotions. Val Hopwood, Clare Donnellan. Elsevier, 2010.                                       

Acupuncture in the treatmet of Pain. Markus Backer, Micjesl G Hames. Elsevier, 2010.

Electroacupunture a practical manual and resource-David F Mayor. Esever, 2007

ContemporaryMedical Acupuncture – A Systems Approach. Guan-Yuan Jin, Jia-Jia X. Jin, Louis L. Jin.Higher Education Press. 2006

Biofeedback a practitioner’s guide. Mark S Schawrtz, Frank Andrasik.The Gilford Press. 2003.

Acupuncturetretment of musculoskeletal conditions. Crhristoher M. Norris.Butterworth Heineman, 2001.

A Acupuntura na Medicina. Coordenador: António Almeida Ferreia. Lidel, 20120.

Auriculoterapia na prática Clínica. Coordenador: António Almeida Ferreia. Lidel, 2012.

Acupunctura Craniana na prática Clínica. Coordenador: António Almeida Ferreia. Lidel, 2011  .