The number of students studying at FMUL has grown over the years, thereby increasing the number of requirements at various levels, particularly in administrative terms. To be able to meet growing needs, over the years FMUL has had to computerize various areas, namely those related to the Academic Area. Since 2005, it has a partnership with the Development Unit in order to respond in a more effective and efficient way to administrative requirements inherent to the various existing activities through the creation of computer platforms and applications. These applications have computerized and, therefore, streamlined services, involving staff, lecturers, students and […]

 In the past November 3, a campaign to register bone marrow donors was held at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, within the Faculty to Help Project. 51 new donors were registered.     Editorial Team news@fm.ul.pt

The Faculty to Help Project  has undertaken an initiative directed to the non-teaching staff, which aimed at screening for some diseases, in partnership with the Clínica Universitária de Medicina I (University Medical Clinic I). This initiative took place on 22 and 23 November and had a large support since its release, with the participation of 63 employees The process began with participants completing a questionnaire regarding lifestyle (previously diagnosed diseases, sedentary lifestyle, smoking, height), which was then sent to two doctors responsible for consulting. In the medical consultation a query was made to control weight, blood pressure measurement and measurement […]

  In the past week-end of 26 and 27 November, the University of Lisbon Shared Services and the Faculty of Medicine, through its Faculty to Help Project, joined a Food Bank Against Hunger campaign to collect food. The various teams were, during the week-end, at the Pingo Doce supermarket representing the University of Lisbon, where they managed to collect a total of 3,587 pounds of food, to be distributed to those most in need. If you did not have the opportunity to visit one of the many supermarkets that collaborated with the Food Bank, you can make your donation by […]

Open Access Week 2011 One week to promote open access in Portugal and the world  The University of Lisbon joined the Open Access Week promoted by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) on 24-30 October. The information sessions presented on the Open Access initiative at UL once more reinforced the importance of disclosing the results of scientific research and of publications through Open Access, namely via the Repository.UL The Library-DIC of FMUL participated in this initiative along with other UL libraries, by divulging not only the Open Access week but, above all, by raising the awareness of lecturers […]

  This year, the Student’s Association of the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon organized, once more, the event “Hospital for the Little Ones”, which was held on 21-26 November at the Canteen of the Social Services. This project, initiated by the European Association of Medical Students, has had the participation of several countries, such as Sweden, Germany, Austria, Croatia, and the United Kingdom. Through a representation game, this initiative aims to reduce the anxiety that children feel in the presence of a health professional. On the other hand, it is intended that future health professionals use their knowledge to help […]

The article authored by our colleague António J. Marques dos Santos titled «Organizational Ethics as a Management Tool for Public Interest» was selected to the 8th National Congress of Public Administration, sponsored by the INA, which took place on 21 and 22 November 2011. Article here   Editorial Team news@fm.ul.pt

MARKING EXAMINATIONS BY OPTICAL READING (OCR) Computerized management of the process and internal dissemination of the service  1. Introduction  The OCR service became available to lecturers of FMUL in the academic year 2010-2011. Acceptance of the service was demonstrated by the execution indicators and the evaluation of the service by users (news@fmul nº 23). AIGQ would like to stress that the efficacy attained was also made possible thanks to the involvement of two units from FMUL: The IT Development Team and the Administrative Centres Coordinating Unit. 2. Registration and management of requests   The IT Development Team, from FMUL’s Information Technologies […]