This CU is of the modular type and is taught three times a year to one group of students at a time. 

Intended learning outcomes (knowledge, skills and competences to be developed by the students): 

To acquire knowledge in the field of Family Medicine and Public Health. 

• Discuss different perspectives in approaching the clinical case and the patient 
• Discuss risk factors for individual health; understand the concept of disease prevention and its application in the context of Family Medicine and Public Health. 
• Understand how the individual context can affect the course of the disease and know the interventions needed to prevent long-term harm. 
• Understand the concept of lifelong follow-up health care. 
• Understand the concept of quality of care. 
• Understand the role of Family Physicians and Public Health, integrated in the SNS and in society as a whole. 
• Know the etiology, diagnosis and treatment of common diseases. Develop and evidence clinical reasoning. 
• Be aware of the most common chronic diseases and the specific aspects of co-morbidity. 
• Knowledge of health care and ethics in the context of prevention, chronic diseases and end-of-life care. 

Syllabus: 

Key disciplines: Family Medicine, Social Medicine, Pharmacology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Sports Medicine, Care for Persons with Mental Disabilities, Epidemiology, Ethics and Law, Physiology, Medical Microbiology, Geriatric Medicine. 

Key words: public health, health risk factors, prevention, participation, aetiology, continuity of care, lifetime medicine, quality of care, health care system, multimorbidity, primary care.