Humanitarian Medicine
5
2022-2023
02034826
Elective Units
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
2.0
Elective
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado
Recommended Prerequisites
- Have completed the 3rd year and attending 4th year in FMUC;
- Respect the rules defined in the FMUC Pedagogical Regulation;
- Have basic computer skills;
- Apply and be selected.
Teaching Methods
1. Open introductory lecture with presentation of the objectives and methodology to be used;
2. Theoretical-practical classes with interactivity between teachers and students, visualization and debate of short videos about the various themes and real testimonies;
3. Practical internship or internship project - national volunteering in the context of vulnerable and/or risk populations. In collaboration with NGDOs and IPSS partners. Minimum 4 periods of 2,5 hours.
Learning Outcomes
1. Knowledge and awareness about Human Rights;
2. Knowledge and awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG);
3. Identification of Health Care as a preponderant factor for development;
4. Relevance of Humanitarian Medicine in situations of catastrophe or profound underdevelopment;
5. Humanitarian medicine as a contribution to comprehensive medical training;
6. Importance of clinical semiology and a comprehensive knowledge in Medicine for action in crisis contexts;
7. Training and knowledge for medical and health intervention in areas of catastrophe, war or underdevelopment;
8. Evaluation and intervention in health in the context of humanitarian crisis;
9. Capacity-building for intervention in populations at risk through peer education and training of community health agents;
10. Knowledge and articulation with NGDOs with national and international action.
Work Placement(s)
YesSyllabus
1. Humanitarian medicine, challenges and victories;
2. Be a doctor where there is no doctor;
3. MDGs and SDGs, historical context and their importance;
4. Development cooperation: definitions, planning, intervention;
5. Humanitarian aid: definitions, planning, intervention;
6. Tropical health - infectious diseases in the context of crisis or underdevelopment;
7. Maternal and Child Health in Developing Countries;
8. Intervention teams: roles, security and interpersonal relationships;
9. Development cooperation - testimonies;
10. Medicine of catastrophe - testimonies.
Head Lecturer(s)
António Miguel da Cruz Ferreira
Assessment Methods
Assessment
For more than the attendance of 4 classes: 10.0%
Exam: 40.0%
For frequency and report of internship that can be replaced by a project of an internship: 50.0%
Bibliography
Definição de Ajuda Humanitária: http://www.globalhumanitarianassistance.org/data-guides/defining-humanitarian-aid/
https://sites.tufts.edu/jha/
http://www.unric.org/unric-library-backgrounders
http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/index.html
https://www.icrc.org/en/what-we-do/health
http://www.who.int/hac/techguidance/tools/bibliography/en/
Onde Não Há Médico, David Werner, Julie Cliff, Alda Mariano e Khátia Munguambe, ed. TALC – Teaching Aids at Low Cost, Londres 2009
Anthony J. McMichael et al. Globalization, Climate Change, and Human Health. N Engl J Med 2013; 368:1335-1343 April 4, 2013
Relatório do Desenvolvimento Humano 2016, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento
Visita Virtual ao campo de refugiados de Domiz: http://refugeerepublic.submarinechannel.com