Clinical Simulation as a learning tool in the nursing teaching model
Nursing education has been modified as far as the teaching model is concerned. Clinical Simulation reveals an exponential growth, replacing part of the time allocated to internships. Hugo Duarte, professor, nurse and ciTechCare researcher in nursing field highlights that this pedagogic dimension constitutes “a tool that enables the integration and consolidation of theoretical knowledge with clinical practice, developing technical and non-technical competencies within the nursing students community”. The Healthcare Simulation Laboratory, located in the ciTechCare, provides practical sessions, through artificial healthcare scenarios similar to realistic clinical contexts, which helps students to have a training focused in “reducing response time”, “improving emotional
CHL Pneumology Service and ciTechCare: a positive appraisal after 6 months of collaboration
“There is a very close relationship to the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, especially in the figure of ciTechCare” Salvato Feijó, Director of Pneumology Service at CHL Since December 2021 that the protocol between Hospital Center of Leiria (CHL) and Politécnico of Leiria (IPL) enables the performance of cardiopulmonary stress test, contributing to the extension of the pneumology and cardiology services competencies. In an interview with Hospital Público, Salvato Feijó, Director of the Pneumology Service at Centro Hospitalar de Leiria (CHL), recognize that from the service genesis, in 2015, has been registered an increase of the responsiveness, not only in terms of training
ciTechCare in the 25th anniversary of the Foundation for Science and Technology
Foundation for science and technology celebrated 25 years gathering specialized researchers from several areas between last May 16 and 18. Roberta Frontini and Raúl Antunes, ciTechCare researchers, participated in the ‘Meeting with Science and Technology in Portugal’, presenting the oral communication entitled “We play together, We all play” – a pilot project for promoting inclusion through sport. Both researchers also presented the poster “Mental Health Promotion and physical activity in COVID-19 pandemic context: working in multidisciplinarity”.
What is the role of carotid bodies as a biomarker in prediabetes?
Maria Guarino and Marlene Lages co-author the book chapter “Carotid Bodies: Use of Chemosensitivity as a Biomarker in Prediabetes” which is included in the “Biomarkers in Disease: Methods, Discoveries and Applications” book series from Springer. This one is a full chapter dedicated to the role of carotid bodies (CB) as metabolic sensors and the relevance of the overactivation of these organs in the development of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (T2D). The authors claim that it is possible to understand carotid body activity by measuring a set of physiological variables, allowing to identify people with subclinical alterations associated with the development of
ciTechCare is celebrating 3 years
ciTechCare’s third birthday gathered, last Friday, 13 may, several collaborators to talk about Cardio-respiratory rehabilitation and secondary prevention. This research, development and innovation unit dedicated to the promotion of healthy lifestyles and the prevention, diagnosis and early intervention of the disease have been evolved for the past 3 years towards a challenging and motivated path, through a scientific community even more specialized. According to Maria Guarino, ciTechCare coordinator, “the last 3 years provided new scientific knowledge, funded projects, published articles, international collaborations and strengthening of our regional network. We are making a difference in the health sciences field”. The celebration
Opening of call for research scholarship
The Association for Research and Development of the Faculty of Medicine (AIDFM) opened a call for 3 Research Scholarship, intended for nutritionists, under the project “A Randomized Controlled Trial to evaluate the effects of the Mediterranean Diet as an adjuvant in the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder” (PTDC/SAU-NUT/3321/2020), financed by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). The research scholarship in the scientific area of Health Sciences – Nutrition and Dietetics is intended for professionals with a bachelor degree in Nutrition Sciences, Dietetics or Dietetics and Nutrition, enrolled in the Portuguese Council of Nutritionists. The duration of the scholarship will be