Teaching GuideTerm
University College of Physiotherapy
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Mestrado Universitario en Discapacidade e Dependencia (plan 2015)
 Subjects
  Multidisciplinary Approach in Pain: Neurobiology, Pain and Disability, Evaluation Systems, New Parad
   Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Introductory activities Through these initial activities will try to identify the competences, interests and motivations of the student with the aim of facilitating the learning process. The study program competencies, learning aims, personalized attention, methodologies, assessment and all main aspects of this subject will be presented.
Guest lecture / keynote speech The magisterial sessions correspond to the theoretical classes that will be taught in the classroom. The key aspects of the subject will be presented in a synthetic and sequential manner, in order to transmit knowledge and facilitate learning to the student. They will be done through oral presentation, with or without audiovisual support. It will be primarily intended for the purposes of knowledge.
Critical bibliographical The student will use audiovisual and / or bibliographic documents (mainly scientific articles) given by the teachers and / or that the student has searched and selected. The objective of its analysis will be to reinforce and / or complement basic aspects of the subject, working at the same time on the ability to integrate advanced scientific knowledge, linked to the field of disability, dependence and pain.
Likewise, students will be asked to read some text (chapter of books) or documents (scientific articles) that will allow them to deepen in the theorical and practical contents.
Laboratory practice Practical activities will be carried out mainly aimed at the acquisition of pain assessment skills and methodologies (identification and interpretation of self-administered questionnaires, performance and interpretation of physical tests, demonstrations of other tests), and the integration of knowledge that contributes to a better understanding of the neurophysiology of the sensory pain.
Case study The students, divided into small groups, will work on a clinical case (real or supposed) characterized by the presence of chronic pain, with the aim of proposing questions that contribute to identify the pathogenic, to study their characteristics and relate them to the painful syndromes studied in the subject, propose alternatives for exploration, evaluation and / or therapeutic approaches in a reasoned way.
Multiple-choice questions The exam will consist of 30 multiple choice questions, where each 2 incorrect answers will subtract 1 right answered one. The exam will have a value of 70% of the total mark of the subject.
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