Winter School medcids

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Pode inscrever-se em cursos, workshops e webinars gratuitos em https://s.up.pt/fvcy

As formações serão dadas em Português.

We invite you to join us at the Winter School 2024!

You can apply for credit courses or just sign in for non-credit courses, workshops and free webinars at https://s.up.pt/fvcy

The Winter School 2024 is a one-week continuing education event organised by MEDCIDS – Department of Community Medicine, Health Information and Decision – that will help build your existing knowledge or introduce you to new subjects in the fields of Research Methodologies, Data Science, Biostatistics, Family Medicine, Bioethics and Health Management.

All courses/workshops/webinars will only be taught in English if there are international students.

Drug Safety: Active Pharmacovigilance Strategies

More information and applications: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/seminarios/drug-safety-active-pharmacovigilance-strategies

The webinar is designed for health professionals, researchers, students, and all those interested in ensuring drug safety and public health protection.

Decision Making in Personalized Medicine

More information and applications: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/seminarios/decision-making-in-personalized-medicine

This seminar aims to provide a deep understanding of Personalized Medicine, highlighting its importance in clinical practice. Throughout the presentation, genomic concepts, molecular or pharmacological profiles, and biomarkers that drive treatment personalization will be explored. The challenges faced in decision making will be analyzed, from the interpretation of complex data to ethical issues and equity in access. In addition, the decision-making process will be examined, highlighting patient evaluation and integration of clinical data. The seminar will provide a practical view through some case studies, demonstrating how personalized medicine impacts treatment decisions and outcomes. Future advances and challenges to be overcome will also be discussed, promoting a critical understanding of this innovative approach. Finally, it is also intended to stimulate the active participation of registrants to further enrich the understanding of the theme.

How does medical expertise work in Social Security? “sick leave” and “disabilities”

Para mais informação e candidatura: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/seminarios/como-funciona-a-peritagem-medica-na-seguranca-social/

– A estrutura e organograma do Instituto de Segurança Social (ISS)

– Organização do Núcleo de Verificação de Incapacidades (NVI) do ISS: objetivo, composição, funcionamento

– Processo de decisão no NVI e respetivo enquadramento legal – Incapacidades Temporárias e Permanentes, Complemento por Dependência e Estatuto de Cuidador Informal.

Negotiating effectively in health: the case of contractualisation in the National Health Service (SNS)

More information and applications: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/negotiating-effectively-in-health-the-case-of-contractualisation-in-the-national-health-service-sns/

• Show that negotiation skills can be worked on, enhancing their results
• Show how generic skills can be adapted to specific contexts
• Value the productive activity of health institutions in a context of negotiating financing and objectives

Global Health approaches to Scientific Medical Writing

More information and applications: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/workshops/global-health/

As Global Health, Social Accountability and the social determinants of health become increasingly incorporated into undergraduate curricula in medical education worldwide, the actual delivery of the curriculum, design of courses and preparation of learning and assessment materials present new challenges to Faculty members.
In keeping with the notion that difficult or challenging circumstances present rich learning environments, students learn about the health of vulnerable communities with poor access to healthcare and determine the causes of the causes of their illness. Communities include refugees, migrant workers, communities without access to clean drinking water or adequate nutrition and living without adequate hygiene and sanitation facilities.
Course materials encourage attendees to engage directly with local communities and explore in depth the social, political, economic and cultural determinants of health. Faculty and students may be placed outside their comfort zones and are supported as they learn more about their patients.
In this workshop, we discuss the real purpose and value of a case report in the modern age. Who should be writing them? What should we write about? Who will read them? Of what value are they?
We look at examples of case reports from BMJ Case Reports and focus on educational value, novel ways of presenting information and judicious ways of presenting new information in a case report.
Further focusing on Global Health Case Reports, we hope to highlight how these enable the scientific analysis of global health problems as they affect individuals, while further demonstrating how they can be powerful tools of advocacy as we campaign for more action in tackling the social determinants of health and greater access to healthcare for our patients.
Participants are invited to share their ideas of case reports they would like to write and we look at these together.

Tools for Efficient Scientific Production

More information and applications: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/workshops/tools-for-efficient-scientific-production/

This workshop aims to put students in direct contact with recent tools for scientific production, including version control, Markdown writing, concepts of Personal Knowledge Management using Obsidian and Zotero, and the use of Quarto and R Studio for the production of websites, presentations, and reproducible statistical analyses. It will provide valuable knowledge for the application of these tools, as well as for subsequent practice and implementation in research activities.

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring for Personalized Medicine

More information and applications: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/workshops/therapeutic-drug-monitoring-for-personalized-medicine/

The main objective of the workshop is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the importance of therapeutic drug monitoring and its application in personalized medicine. Participants will learn to assess the efficacy and safety of pharmacological treatments, adapting them to the individual needs of patients. In a more practical aspect, with the help of simulation software, participants will study the most appropriate therapeutic regimens for each clinical case presented.

Communication Oficines

More information and applications: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/workshops/oficinas-da-comunicacao/

Recognize the principles of clinical communication and its applicability to daily clinical activity;
Adequacy of communication in different scenarios – Palliative Care, Elderly, Aphasic and Neuromuscular Patient;
Recognize the main emotions and how anger, fear, anxiety;
Recognize the importance of team communication as well as its specificities.

Artificial Intelligence – A New Paradigm for the XXI Century

More information and applications: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/workshops/ai-artificial-intelligence-a-new-paradigm-for-the-xxi-century/

Artificial Intelligence (AI) appears as a transformative force in the XXI century, bringing forth a myriad of civilisational challenges spanning throughout ethical, technological, educational, sociological, and even democratic, domains.

This 4-hour workshop, featuring four expert speakers, aims to comprehensively explore and address these challenges, fostering a deep understanding of the implications and responsibilities associated with the advancement of AI.

In doing do, we aim to tackle these 4 dimensions in a multidisciplinary way:
a) Ethical Dimensions of AI:
– Delve into the ethical considerations surrounding AI development and deployment;
– Examine real-world case studies highlighting ethical dilemmas in AI applications.
– Discuss the delicate balance between fostering innovation in AI and ensuring ethical responsibility.

b) Technological Advancements in AI:
– Explore the cutting-edge technologies driving the evolution of AI.
– Investigate future trends and their implications on various sectors.
– Address the critical issue of bias and fairness in AI algorithms.

c) Educational Impact of AI:
– Assess the opportunities and challenges AI presents in educational settings.
– Explore strategies for integrating AI into curricula to enhance learning experiences.
– Consider the preparation of the workforce for an AI-driven future.

d) Sociological and Democratic Challenges:
– Analyse the impact of AI on social dynamics and its role in shaping communities.
– Discuss the democratization of AI, focusing on access, inclusivity, and ethical considerations.
– Address concerns related to privacy and civil liberties in the context of AI technologies. Participants will gain insights into the ethical considerations, technological advancements, educational implications, and broader societal and democratic impacts of AI.

Pharmacovigilance in Allergology

More information and applications: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/workshops/pharmacovigilance-in-allergology/

This workshop aims to provide a learning environment and an exchange of experiences related to the monitoring and management of adverse drug reactions in allergic patients. Some specific objectives of this workshop include:

Understanding the fundamentals of pharmacovigilance: exploring the basic concepts of pharmacovigilance, its importance in clinical practice in allergology, and its impact on patient safety.

Identifying adverse reactions in allergic patients: empowering participants to recognize, record, and report adverse drug reactions.

Clinical Communication and Doctor-Patient Relationship

More information and applications: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/workshops/clinical-communication-and-doctor-patient-relationship/

– Emphasize the importance of clinical skills in building the doctor-patient relationship.
– Identify the characteristics of a competent clinician in the doctor-patient relationship and recognize the importance of non-verbal communication;
– Know the communication skills to use during the transmission of bad news and identify and avoid the most common mistakes in the communication process;
– Train the acquired skills with roleplay of cases

Emotional Intelligence: Strategies for Personal and Professional Life

More information and applications: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/emotional-intelligence-strategies-for-personal-and-professional-life/

In this workshop, the concept of Emotional Intelligence will be explored, where we will address various models, definitions, and benefits. Participants will also learn how they can measure their Emotional Intelligence and have access to various strategies to apply in both their personal and professional lives. The strategies will focus on emotional recognition skills, emotional regulation, and interpersonal relationships.

Reliability and agreement studies

More information and applications: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/cursos/reliability-and-agreement-studies/

The quality of measurements made by health professionals or by measuring devices is fundamental not only for clinical practice, but also for clinical research. The best study design and the most sophisticated statistical methods cannot overcome the damage caused by measurements with a high degree of error. Despite the enormous importance of “agreement and reliability” studies, these are, however, neglected in the scientific literature.

What does “reliability” mean? And “agreement”? Are they synonyms? Will they represent the same concept in the context of variable measurement in research? Does it make sense to ask if a measurement is valid (according to the true value of what we want to measure) without knowing to what extent we get the same value when we repeatedly measure the same variable in the same subjects under the same conditions? What are the causes of the great inter-observer variability that we often find in health measurements?

These questions will be addressed in this training unit. The statistical methods to assess the “reliability” and “agreement” of measurements will also be covered with practical data analysis exercises.

Microsoft Excel for biomedical data analysis

More information and applications: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/cursos/microsoft-excel-for-biomedical-data-analysis/

This course aims to provide trainees with a tool for universal use, thus diversifying the training offer and qualifying them according to the demands of the current job market, both at a business and academic level.
At the end of the Microsoft Excel course applied to the treatment of biomedical data, trainees should be able to:
• Organize data in spreadsheets.
• Perform descriptive data analysis.
• Systematize the results in appropriate tables and graphs.

Introduction to Biomedical Data Analysis using R

More information and applications: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/cursos/introduction-to-biomedical-data-analysis-using-r/

The goals of the course “Introduction to Biomedical Data Analysis using R (IBDAuR) are: a) to endow students with basic competences in health data science, in its component of exploratory biomedical data analysis and statistical inference, including different statistical techniques with real-world databases; b) to strengthen the competences of health data science researchers and practitioners; and c) to complement the state-of-the-art data analysis using other softwares (e.g. SPSS).

We invite you to join us at the Winter School 2024!
You can apply for credit courses or just sign in for non-credit courses, workshops and free webinars at https://s.up.pt/fvcy

The Winter School 2024 is a one-week continuing education event organised by MEDCIDS – Department of Community Medicine, Health Information and Decision – that will help build your existing knowledge or introduce you to new subjects in the fields of Research Methodologies, Data Science, Biostatistics, Family Medicine, Bioethics and Health Management.

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Como funciona a peritagem médica na Segurança Social? As “baixas” e as “incapacidades”

Mais informações e inscrições: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/seminarios/como-funciona-a-peritagem-medica-na-seguranca-social

Neste webinar vamos fornecer conhecimentos sobre:

– A estrutura e organograma do Instituto de Segurança Social (ISS)

– Organização do Núcleo de Verificação de Incapacidades (NVI) do ISS: objetivo, composição, funcionamento

– Processo de decisão no NVI e respetivo enquadramento legal – Incapacidades Temporárias e Permanentes, Complemento por Dependência e Estatuto de Cuidador Informal.

Walking in the patient’s shoes: evaluation and intervention methodologies addressing patient perspective in healthcare

More information and applications: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/workshops/walking-in-the-patients-shoes/

This workshop, aims to introduce and review evaluation and intervention methodologies addressing patient perspective used in clinical and research settings.

It will include an introduction to the “patient perspective” concept, its relevance in healthcare, and a review of patient-reported outcomes measures used in clinical and research settings designed to address patients’ perspectives on quality of life, disease self-management, health quality and accessibility, among other themes.

This will also comprise an overview of patient-focused intervention strategies aiming to improve patient perspective and engagement in healthcare (e.g., communication strategies, literacy promotion, patient support).

Gestão ágil de projetos com o software JIRA

Mais informações e inscrições: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/seminarios/gestao-agil-de-projetos-com-o-software-jira

Neste webinar vamos fornecer os conhecimentos fundamentais para a gestão ágil de projetos utilizando o software Jira da Atlassian.

Writing and publishing scientific articles

More information and applications: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/workshops/writing-and-publishing-scientific-articles

This workshop aims to provide the knowledge and develop the fundamental skills for writing and publishing an original scientific paper. The program includes structure of an original scientific article, writing a cover letter and a response to reviewers.

Farmacovigilância em Alergologia

Mais informações e inscrições: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/workshops/workshop-de-farmacovigilancia-em-alergologia

A Farmacovigilância é uma atividade essencial para a monitorização do perfil de segurança dos medicamentos comercializados e deve fazer parte das atividades dos profissionais de saúde. De entre as reações adversas a medicamentos que mais preocupam os profissionais de saúde encontram-se as reações alérgicas, pela sua gravidade e imprevisibilidade. Este workshop pretende abordar a problemática das reações alérgicas a medicamentos, através dos diferentes stakeholders, nomeadamente o Sistema Nacional de Farmacovigilância e os serviços clínicos de imunoalergologia.

Walking in the patient’s shoes

More information and applications: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/workshops/walking-in-the-patients-shoes

This workshop, walking in the patient’s shoes: evaluation and intervention methodologies addressing patient perspective in healthcare, aims to introduce and review evaluation and intervention methodologies addressing patient perspective used in clinical and research settings.

It will include an introduction to the “patient perspective” concept, its relevance in healthcare, and a review of patient-reported outcomes measures used in clinical and research settings designed to address patients’ perspectives on quality of life, disease self-management, health quality and accessibility, among other themes.

This will also comprise an overview of patient-focused intervention strategies aiming to improve patient perspective and engagement in healthcare (e.g., communication strategies, literacy promotion, patient support).

Project management for clinical and health researchers: Fundamentals

More information and applications: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/workshops/project-management-for-clinical-and-health-researchers-fundamentals

– Describe project management skills, roles, and responsibilities
– Describe the main concepts and tools used in Project Management
– Define organizational structure and organizational culture and explain how it impacts project management.
– Explain the project management life cycle and compare different program management methodologies

Pharmacometry in the Clinical Development

More information and applications: https://winterschool.med.up.pt/workshops/pharmacometry-in-the-clinical-development

In this Workshop, topics of introduction to Pharmacometry will be addressed and a population study of a Phase I clinical trial of an isolated/combined drug for pediatric solid tumors will be presented. In addition to the study of several factors associated with the variability of pharmacokinetic parameters, the simulated concentration for each dose and the ability to reach the therapeutic level will be compared. Population models will be developed with the MonolixSuite® Software and the optimal starting dose and therapeutic monitoring will be determined for future Phase II and III clinical trials of this treatment in pediatric oncology.