ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 10 Interactive Classroom: 17 Total: 30
Use languages Spanish, Galician, English
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Center Faculty of Pharmacy
Call: First Semester
Teaching: Sin Docencia (Ofertada)
Enrolment: No Matriculable (Sólo Alumnado Repetidor)
This subject addresses the interest of nanoscience and nanotechnology in the development of physical nanotherapy and medical devices with advanced features. Physical nanotherapy seeks to combine diagnostic and physical therapy techniques by applying radionuclides, light, electricity or magnetism, among others, with the tissue access capabilities of nanotransporters. In parallel, the incorporation of nanostructures and the design of nanostructured materials can considerably improve and expand the performance of implantation medical devices (probes, catheters, stents, cochlear implants, contact lenses, ...).
Theory class program (10 h)
Unit 1.- Vectorized radiation therapy
Unit 2.-Photodynamic nanotherapy.
Unit 3.-Thermal nanotherapies: phototherm, magnetotherm, ultrasound.
Unit 4.-Nanostructured medical devices. Nanotechnologies applied to medical devices used in cardiology, neurology and surgery.
Topic 5.-Stimuli-sensitive drug-medical device combination products.
Interactive class program (6 h)
Our seminars and practical blackboard classes will discuss and solve questions and problems related to the subject. This material will be available on the web page of the subject or will be provided by the teacher in the corresponding interactive class. Also, the program include presentations on topics previously prepared, followed by debate with the participation of students and teachers.
Practical classes program (6 h)
Practice 1. Preparation and characterization of nanosystems useful in physical nanotherapy (3 h)
Practices 2. Coating of medical devices with layer-by-layer nanostructured systems (3 h)
- Wolbarst AB: ¡§Physics of Radiology¡¨. Medical Physics Publishing. 2005
- Ultrasonics : fundamentals, technology, applications. Ensminger, Dale. New York : Marcel Dekker, cop.1988
- Introduction to biophotonics / Paras N. Prasad. Hoboken (New Jersey) : John Wiley & Sons, cop. 2003
- Nanotechnologies in medical devices. R.E. Geertsma y col.. RIVM Report 2015-0149. National Institute for Public Health and the Environment. Ministry of Health, Welfare and Soprt, The Netherlands, 2015.
- Recent papers and reviews from international journals.
At the time of approving this teaching program, and considering the possibility of teaching the topic in scenarios 2 or 3, the process of requesting and acquiring new electronic bibliographic material is in process. Thus, the teaching staff of the subject will specify in the Virtual Campus what bibliographic material will be available in electronic format in the USC library, when these funds are available.
Basic:
CB6: Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and / or application of ideas, often in a research context.
CB7: That students know how to apply the acquired knowledge and their problem-solving capacity in new or little-known settings within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study;
CB9: That the students know how to communicate their conclusions ¡Vand the ultimate knowledge and reasons that support them¡V to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way;
CB10: That students possess the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will have to be largely self-directed or autonomous.
General:
CG2: Know how to apply knowledge to problem solving in the multidisciplinary field of research and innovation related to nanoscience and nanotechnology.
CG3: Be able to identify scientific theories and models and suitable methodological approaches for the design and evaluation of nanostructured materials.
CG5: Have knowledge and skills to participate in research projects and scientific or technological collaborations, in interdisciplinary contexts and with a high component of knowledge transfer.
CG7: Be able to safely use nanomaterials safely, respecting current regulations on the prevention of occupational hazards and waste treatment.
Transverse:
CT2: Know how to develop collaborative work in multidisciplinary teams.
CT4: Have the capacity to manage research, development and technological innovation in nanoscience and nanotechnology.
Specific:
CE02 - Interrelate the chemical structure, architecture or arrangement of the nanostructured material with its chemical, physical and biological properties.
CE04- Know the main techniques for preparing small and large scale nanomaterials.
CE07 - Know the interactions of nanostructured materials with living things and the environment.
CE08 - Know the main applications of nanomaterials in various fields of knowledge such as physics, chemistry, engineering, biomedicine, biotechnology, or art, among others.
CE10- Understand the design and characterization stages of nanostructured systems for the release of active substances and / or encapsulation / confinement of biomarkers or harmful substances, evaluation of their efficacy and safety.
a) Large group blackboard classes (expository).
The theoretical contents of each topic will be exposed deductively with the support of audiovisual media, using the whiteboard and the material available in the Virtual Classroom as an instrument of clarification.
b) Blackboard classes in small groups (interactive seminars).
Fundamentally practical classes in which we will proceed to the discussion of cases and practical exercises, made available to the students with enough advance through the virtual Classroom, in addition to the oral presentation and debate of previously proposed and prepared topics, and attendance at conferences and / or round tables.
The objective is that students apply the theoretical knowledge acquired to the resolution of practical problems, which will help them assimilate the contents of this subject. Student participation is essential here. In addition, the clarification of doubts about theoretical and practical aspects that the student may have when solving the cases and exercises, as well as the supervision, presentation, presentation, debate or comments on proposed works or any other proposed activity, will be carried out. both individually and in groups. This activity by the students will be included in their evaluation.
c) Tutoring classes
They are oriented to the resolution of doubts and specific difficulties of a theoretical, conceptual and / or practical nature, paying individual attention to the student or student who needs it, both in person and electronically and whenever the student requests it in advance.
ƒx Scenario 2 and 3
See CONTINGENCY PLAN in the OBSERVATIONS section.
The evaluation will consist of:
- Written exam on the basic contents of the subject (50% of the grade). The exam of the subject, which will be held on the date indicated in the corresponding course guide, will consist of short answer questions and problem solving. The maximum score will be 5 points. A minimum score of 2 points is required in this part for the scores of the other two items that are valued to be computed.
- Active participation in seminars and practical classes (30% of the grade). Active participation in seminars and laboratory practices will be evaluated. This evaluation will be carried out through the resolution of questions and problems raised in class, the presentation of works and the intervention in the debates that may arise. The maximum score will be 3 points.
- Oral presentations (20% of the grade). Expository clarity and the ability to answer the questions that will be asked will be evaluated. The maximum score will be 2 points.
This evaluation system will be maintained in all three scenarios.
∗ Scenario 2 and 3
See CONTINGENCY PLAN in the OBSERVATIONS section.
The hours of face-to-face training activities are 30. The hours of personal work of the student are estimated at 45. No change in scenarios 2 and 3.
The student should avoid the simple memory effort and guide the study to understand, reason and relate the contents of the subject. Participation in interactive activities will allow the student a better understanding of the aspects developed in the expository classes, which will facilitate the preparation of the final exam.
Contingency plan for a possible change of scenario
Objectives: no changes
Contents: no changes
Bibliographic material: no changes
Competencies: no changes
Methodology:
5) Methodology
Scenario 2
No modifications or type of teaching are expected, the traditional enrollment parameters are maintained. If distance measures would not allow all the students of the subject to attend the lectures, and there are no larger additional teaching rooms available to support the physical presence all the students, then some of these measures would be arbitrated:
-Retransmit in streaming the lecture for part of the students who would follow it in this way within another teaching space of the faculty. Turns would be established so that all students would follow the lectures under the same conditions.
-Retransmit in streaming the lecture for part of the students who would follow it in this way at home. Turns would be established so that all students will follow the lectures under the same conditions.
Prioritize at the time of scheduling the subject matter activities in person with the assessment tests. Due to an unavoidable rotation of students, the evaluation exams will consume an unaffordable number of hours, the corresponding teaching would be delivered online.
Tutorials may be in person or online, they will require a prior appointment.
Scenario 3
Teaching will be online and lectures will be given in a synchronous way in the official class schedule. It could be that, due to unexpected causes, some lectures are developed asynchronously or that they will be communicated to the students in advance.
Tutorials will be telematic and will require a prior appointment
6) Assessment system:
Scenario 2:
No changes
Scenario 3:
Carrying out activities in non-contact hours: 60%
Completion of online questionnaires: 30%
Attendance and participation in synchronous or asynchronous classes: 10%
7) Study time and personal work:
No changes
8) Recommendations for the study of the subject
No changes