Class Health and Contemporary Culture History

The curricular unit (CU) aims to contribute to the understanding of the high value of disease prevention and treatment for public health, and of the historical milestones in the evolution of medical and pharmaceutical knowledge, as well as the means of intervention throughout global dissemination and, in particular, in the Iberian Peninsula. This UC also allows for monitoring the important role and secular boundaries of health care with nutrition, and the profession of the nutritionist in society, as well as for understanding the complementary dimensions of research in nutrition sciences and pharmaceutical sciences and their boundaries and contributions to ONE HEALTH from Antiquity to current society. In another aspect of the curricular unit, the methodological rules governing the carrying out of research and the production of scientific texts, individually or in collaboration, are taught.

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I The historical sources of medical practices II The scientific revolution from the 17th to the 19th centuries III Pasteur and Fleming IV The 2nd half of the XXth century V The Mediterranean diet food pattern VI Food and cooking of ancient civilizations VII The rules conducting to the preparation of scientific papers

Innovative methodologies to support the teaching-learning process used are as follows: Hands-on teaching in a computer room with access to databases for learning scientific writing Motivation for learning through work on contemporary themes

CABRAL C, PITA J R. (2015) Sinopse da História da Farmácia . Cronologia. Coimbra: Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares do Século XX da Universidade de Coimbra ¿ CEIS20. FRADA, J. (2005), Novo Guia Prático para a Elaboração e Apresentação de Trabalhos Científicos. Col. Microcosmos. Lisboa: Ed. Cosmos. PITA, J R (2007), História da Farmácia. Coimbra: Livraria Minerva Editora.