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News # 8 | ago/set. 2009

Editorial Note

From Assessment to Training, Preparing the Future

We have come to the end of another academic year, the students have almost gone and the office staff and teachers are mostly recharging their batteries for yet another year to come. Taking stock of this, I might say that for the office staff this year was the year of assessment and training. What I mean by this is that we have finally managed to go further into the application of the Integrated System of Assessment of the Performance of the Civil Service (SIADAP), and at the same time there has been considerable investment in staff training, both academically and […]

FMUL News

AGRIPUL – Action against Pandemic Flu in the University of Lisbon

On the 17th of August 2009 the University of Lisbon presented in plan of action against pandemic flu. The main aims of this plan are: 1. To minimise the impact of the pandemic on students, staff, teachers and users of the university. 2. To update contacts with all the members of the university of Lisbon. 3. To daily monitor the situation of new cases of A Flu through collaboration with the Organic Units and other UL institutions. 4. To guarantee the timely collecting and communication of information. 5. To promote the continuity of the process of teaching learning, namely through […]

Sun, Photo-ageing and Skin Cancer

The ageing of the tegument is an irreversible biological phenomenon common to all animals. Cutaneous ageing is complex, and results from the sum of an intrinsic process and of environmental aggressions, of which solar radiation most stands out. In short one might say that cutaneous ageing depends on the intrinsic mechanism, on external factors and on alterations to other organs. Resulting from this triad of influences are structural, biochemical and functional modifications that affect the epidermis, dermis and annexes. Some of the alterations to the cutaneous tegument of older people are easy to detect: the skin, mainly in the exposed […]

II Refresher Course on Tuberculosis and AIDS

Faculty of Medicine of the Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo – Mozambique, 14 – 17 July 2009 Within the protocol agreement signed between the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL) and the Faculty of Medicine of the Eduardo Mondlane University (FMUEM) the II Refresher Course on Tuberculosis and AIDS took place in Maputo, Mozambique, from the 14th to 17th of July 2009. The course was jointly organized by the two university institutions, from Portugal and from Mozambique, with the participation of 123 health technicians. Cover and back cover of the programme of the II Refresher Course on Tuberculosis […]

News Report / Profile

The FMUL CDI Library in the Paradigm of the Digital Age

The CDI-Library of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL) intends to develop learning and growth abilities that allow it to fulfil the vision of “being an outstanding library on the Portuguese and international level, exemplary in its methodologies of performing and being up to date, focused on the customer – the user of the documentation and information”. Fig. 1 – Reading and Multimedia Research Rooms In its mission to “organize, manage and diffuse resources and documentary sources, so as to contribute pertinently and clearly towards the education, research and decision-making in medical practice”, its main aim […]

FMUL Museum of Medicine

Origins The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL), founded in 1911, possesses a great historic and cultural heritage, made up of technical-scientific works and others, which is dispersed throughout the several different units that form it. Considering the urgent need to preserve and dynamise this heritage, in September 2003 the direction of the faculty decided to reorganise its Museological Nucleus, having appointed Manuel Valente Alves to direct and coordinate the works leading to carrying out the process, the first steps toward the creation of the Museum of Medicine. In February 2005 the direction of the faculty signs […]

Events

VII Encontro Anual da Engenharia Biomédica

A Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa (FMUL) e o Instituto Superior Técnico da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (IST) promovem, no próximo dia 14 de Outubro, o “VII Encontro Anual da Engenharia Biomédica” que decorrerá na Aula Magna da FMUL. O VII Encontro debruça-se sobre quatro temas cuja renovação e actualização permanente se torna cada vez mais relevante no âmbito da Engenharia Biomédica • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation • Perception and Action • Brain Hemodynamics • Management in Healthcare Este Encontro conta, também, com um fórum para apresentação dos trabalhos de fim de curso de alunos e ex-alunos do Mestrado Integrado […]

From the Laboratory to the Stage to show Science

Portuguese researchers are preparing to divulge the universe of scientists to the public at large through theatre. “Scientists on the Stage” is the name of an event organized in partnership by seven research centres, a company and a science museum for this year’s holding of the Researchers’ Night, which will take place on the 25th of September in four Portuguese cities simultaneously. Researchers’ Night is an event that has been promoted by the European Commission since 2005, with the aim of bringing researchers closer to the general public, demystifying some strange ideas that have been created about the profession of […]

ENJOY Med – National Encounter of Young Medicine Students

Egas Moniz Building – Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon 7th and 8th of November 2009 enjoymed.geral@gmail.com On the 7th and 8th of November 2009 an encounter will be held in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL) aimed at all students of medicine and inherent areas. The aim is to create a space open to communication between students and guests (doctors, researchers and other outstanding personalities) which, in a multidisciplinary perspective, might enrich the several different activities of the thematic modules if this first edition of ENJOY Med. ENJOY Med will be made up […]

More and Better

The Egas Moniz Building and the New Demands for Energy Efficiency

The subject of energy efficiency has given rise to many studies, seminars, courses, reports and articles, but above all it has aroused the curiosity of all those who care about environmental issues, in an attempt to unite progress to an efficient use of the available resources. If we take into account that the majority of us work in buildings the project and construction of which were not prepared to be energy efficient, or at least to achieve very low levels of energy consumption, then the work and effort to reduce energy use becomes even more difficult. Buildings in general consume […]

Health Practice in the Community – Successful Training Periods – 1st and 2nd Year Students in Health Centres

Introduction Early contact by the student with the exercising of medicine in a community environment is of the greatest importance, not only because primary health care is a specific part of the National Health Service but also because it is on this level that many students will be practising their profession in the future. The students Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL) already had contact with health centres, particularly in the subject of “Introduction to Medicine” (headed by Professor J. Gomes Pedro). However, the recent curriculum reform at the FMUL created the conditions to deepen the scope […]

Evaluation of Performance – Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon

To speak about evaluation of performance in the Public Service means much more than giving a numerical value between 0 and 5 to the performance demonstrated and measured over a calendar year. The introduction of the Integrated System of Public Service Performance Evaluation – SIADAP – in 2004, represented a break with the usual technical-administrative practices, based on legal rules or those introduced into the services as perfect models in bureaucratic terms, in the manner of usucaption. With it emerge management concepts that until that time had been restricted to the private sector, such as: – Mission, or what we […]

Book of the Month

Dear Users of the CDI Library, Access the book of the month for August here André Rodrigues CDI Library / Preservation and Conservation Nucleus (Bibl@fm.ul.pt) Tel.: 21 798 51 32 | Ext.: 44 172

Research and Advanced Education

Dopamine and Parkinson’s Disease: IMM and Harvard Medical School Researchers reveal Molecular Clues

On the 4th of September, in the prestigious magazine PloS One, Tiago Fleming Outeiro, head of the Unit of Cell and Molecular Neurosciences at the Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM) published, along with researchers from the USA, a study that shows new clues about the action of dopamine, a central nervous system stimulant, on Parkinson’s disease. The study was carried out at Harvard Medical School (USA) and at the IMM, and had the collaboration of Portuguese, American and German researchers. Parkinson’s disease is characterised by the degeneration and death of neurons in a region of the brain, the substancia nigra. […]

Concurso ao 13º Programa “Educação pela Ciência”

Projectos de Investigação Científica para Alunos 2009/2010 Gabinete de Apoio à Investigação Científica, Tecnológica e Inovação gapicmail@fm.ul.pt O Programa “Educação pela Ciência” visa promover a prática da investigação científica pelos alunos em fase pré-graduada e tem permitido que estes participem directamente no delineamento e execução de projectos de investigação laboratorial ou clínica, integrados numa equipa de investigação de uma unidade da FMUL. As candidaturas ao 13.º Programa “Educação pela Ciência” – Projectos de Investigação Científica para Alunos da FMUL decorrerão entre 01 a 31 Outubro de 2009. Mais informações em: www.fm.ul.pt/Educacao_Ciencia Qualquer esclarecimento por parte dos alunos ou tutores poderá ser […]

Teacher Participation on Juries for Academic Assessment in other Institutions

Masters PhDs Aggregations

Open Space

Geriatric and Palliative Care

All over the world, and particularly in the so-called industrialised countries, the ageing population, which according to the WHO means people aged 65 or over, has progressively increased over the last few decades. Forecasts on several different levels indicate that this number will remain constant or increase, particularly in the sub-group of the very ageing population, with older people, in the middle of the XXI century, surpassing children and adolescents up to the age of 14 in number, which will be a new phenomenon in the history of humanity. Several different factors have contributed towards this phenomenon: better working conditions, […]

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Listening to FMUL

Indicators of the 12th “Education through Science” – Programme – 2008/2009

During the 2008/2009 academic year in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL), 53 students have been in contact with scientific research within the scope of the 12th “Education through Science” Programme, being involved in 41 research projects under the guidance of 48 tutors. Indicators on the 12th “Education through Science” Programme Information about the “Education through Science” Programme on: www.fm.ul.pt/Educacao_Ciencia Office for Support for Scientific, Technology and Innovation Research gapicmail@fm.ul.pt

Advanced Training Grants awarded to PhD Students at the FMUL

The PhD grants awarded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) are intended for graduates, Masters students or people with a different academic degree and who have been accepted onto a PhD course in a university in Portugal or abroad. Conditions and time limit for the competition for awarding the grant available on: http://alfa.fct.mctes.pt/apoios/bolsas/concursos/doutoramento2009 At the moment the FMUL has 177 students enrolled in PhD courses, distributed over three fields: Biomedical Sciences 94 (with 58 receiving a grant), Medicine 47 (4 grant students) and Health Sciences and Technologies (11 of them on grants). Advanced Training Institute instfa@fm.ul.pt

Research Integration Grants Awarded to FMUL Students

The Research Integration Grants (BII), awarded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), aim at stimulating the beginning of scientific activity and a development of a critical sense, creativity and autonomy of students in the 1st Cycle of Higher Education, through their integration into project teams for Research and Development. At the end of 2008, the opening of a competition for the 12th “Education through Science” Programme, scientific research projects for students at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL), alongside the competition for the FCT Research Grants, stimulated the adhesion and participation of our students […]

Keep in Mind

Welcome to the FMUL 2009/2010

During the week of the 14th to the 18th of September the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL) receives its new students for matriculation (1st Year, 1st time), which will take place on-line on the premises of the Egas Moniz building. From 10 am to 5 pm these students will be received by a team of support staff and colleagues from more advanced years in the course who will guide them through the process of enrolments and give them relevant information about the Integrated Masters Course in Medicine and the way the faculty works. More information available […]

PFIZER Research Prize 2009

The Lisbon Society of Medical Sciences (SCML) and the Pfizer laboratories are beginning receiving applications for the 53rd edition of the Pfizer Prizes. The Pfizer Prizes consider two scientific areas and distinguish works in the areas of Clinical Research and Basic Research. The Pfizer Prize for Basic Research distinguishes the best basic research work in Health Sciences, totally or partially carried out in Portuguese institutions, which will receive a prize in the value of 20 thousand Euros. The Pfizer Prize for Clinical Research is granted to the best research work carried out totally or partially in Portuguese institutions. The value […]

6th Competition for the AstraZeneca Foundation / FMUL Research Grant

Applications to the 6th Competition for the AstraZeneca Foundation / Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon Research Grant, intended for a recent graduate in Medicine, end on the 30 de September 30th 2009. Regulations and Application Forms on: www.fm.ul.pt/Bolsa_AstraZeneca Information and Contact: Mestre Sónia Barroso Gabinete de Apoio à Investigação Científica, Tecnológica e Inovação Edifício Egas Moniz Piso 0 – Sala 10 Av. Prof. Egas Moniz – 1649-028 Lisboa Tel 21 799 94 20 – Fax 21 799 94 18 – Internal Tel: 47006 E-mail: gapicmail@fm.ul.pt www.fm.ul.pt/GAPIC Office for Support for Scientific, Technological and Innovation Research (GAPIC) […]

Introduction Week to the Medicine Course

During the week of the 28th of September to the 2nd of October, the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon will receive its first year students through the holding of an Introduction Week to the Medicine Course. The activities will take place in the Main Auditorium of the Egas Moniz Building.

Brochure “FMUL 2009/2010 – Medical Integrated Master Course”

Each year the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon produces a brochure with important information about the institution in general and the medicine course in particular. This year it will be bilingual for the first time.

Are you interested in Guidelines? Two International Meetings in Our School, in Lisbon

Clinical Guidelines (NOC) are fundamental instruments for a guaranteeing of clinical quality in modern and efficient health systems. The IberoGPC (Iberian Guides for Clinical Practice) is a network of Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking institutions and individuals that are professionally dedicated to the design, dissemination and implementation of Clinical Guidelines in these countries. The network’s annual meeting, which will take place in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon on the 30th and 31st of October 2009, is a unique opportunity to make contact with the most important and current issues taking place in the area of guidelines. More information […]

Doctors on the Big Screen

From the 16th to the 19th of September, Cascais will stage the 1st Edition of the first worldwide competition for medical cinema, which will give the Portuguese public the opportunity to witness a set of works from all over the world that have never been shown in Portugal. The MedCineCascais Film Festival ’09 thus opens its doors to a new form of setting up cultural and scientific debate on the major issues that involve current medicine, besides helping to clarify and inform the public at large about health issues. The competition includes not only new films, but also controversial documentaries […]

EURASNET – Workshop “Splicing in Cell Biology”

October 5-6, 2009 EURASNET Workshop “Splicing in Cell Biology” Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Universidade de Lisboa Edifício Egas Moniz – Piso 0 – Anfiteatro 52 The participants will be members of EURASNET labs, including graduate students and post-docs. To register, please contact Maria Carmo-Fonseca – Programme – http://www.eurasnet.info/

European Depression Day

Symposium – Depression: the hidden risk of Physical Illness 14th of October Aula Magna of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon VII Symposium on Affection Disturbances Depression – Future Perspectives (www.simposiumperturbacoesafectivas.com) 15th, 16th and 17th of October University of Minho, Braga – Flyer – – Programme –

23rd Khwarizmi International Award (KIA)

The Khwarizmi International Award (KIA), an award attributed by the Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology, intends to distinguish works in the field of engineering, basic sciences, renewable energies, agriculture, biotechnology and nanotechnology. Applications are open until the 15th of October 2009. Further information about this award is available on http://en.khwarizmi.ir Additional clarifications should be requested by e-mail on khwarizmi@irost.org Notice and Flyer

APTFeridas Congress 2009

28th, 29th and 30th of October Centro de Congressos, Exponor Open Communications and Posters Deadline for handing in 9th of October More information on: www.aptferidas.com

Agency for Evaluation and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES)

The A3ES, set up by the state through the Decree-Law No. 369/2007, of the 5th of November in order to promote and guarantee the quality of higher education, has a mission to contribute towards the improving of the quality of higher education in Portugal, through evaluation and accreditation of the higher education institutions and their cycles of studies. Detailed information on the Agency for Evaluation and Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions and their cycles of studies, among others, can be found on www.a3es.pt.