Curso Livre de Hands-on Abcde: Abordagem Completa do Doente Instável

Open Courses
University
Daytime
B-learning
Language of Teaching
Portuguese
Faculty / School
Faculdade de Medicina e Ciências Biomédicas
Area of Studies
Science and Health Technologies
 
 
Overview
Being able to identify and manage unstable patients is essential for junior doctors. Immediate recognition and early intervention to reverse the underlying pathological process can significantly improve patient outcomes. However, the skills needed to deal with these patients are rarely taught in undergraduate or postgraduate medical training, and interns are often called upon to perform these tasks with little preparation. In the HANDS-ON ABCDE course, we introduce the basic skills needed for the recognition, assessment, and treatment of unstable patients. These include taking a quick and focused history, performing the ABCDE physical assessment, knowing how and when to call for help, using complementary diagnostic tools, and applying clinical reasoning to arrive at the correct diagnosis. We also teach essential non-technical skills, including situational leadership and team communication, which are fundamental to the effective functioning of interprofessional teams and to ensuring patient safety.

Objectives

  • Identify unstable patients
  • Assess patients using the CHAMU and ABCDE approaches
  • Request assistance using the ISBAR method
  • Initiate stabilisation measures in unstable patients
  • Request and interpret complementary diagnostic and treatment methods
  • Develop a treatment plan

Operating Mode

The course includes an online virtual class (2 hours), followed by an in-person simulation-based training session (8 hours). Participants will have access to online materials for self-study prior to
the in-person session.

The course will be held in person on May 4th, with a duration of 10 hours, awarding a total of 1 ECTS credit.

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This course is part of the project Medicine, Technology, and the Future - MedTech NEXT | Digital More Impulse, under the Medicine Reform and Modernization Sub-measure.

The course provides up to 72 scholarships (subject to the availability of funding) for interns in the general year and in all medical specialties.

The scholarships awarded under the project Medicine, Technology and the Future – MedTech NEXT | More Digital Impulse, Sub-measure Reform and Modernisation of Medicine, comply with the Regulations for Incentive Scholarships under the UAlg+Skills4All and FOSTEAM@SOUTH Projects of the University of Algarve – Adult Impulse. According to paragraph b) of Article 3, the Adult Impulse Incentive Scholarship constitutes annual financial support to partially cover the costs of tuition fees for non-degree courses, aimed at the upskilling or professional reskilling of adults who have reached the age of 23 by 31 December of the year preceding the application.

Tuition and Fees 2025/2026

National Students: 100 Euros

International Students*:  100 Euros

Application Fee: 10 Euros

Registration Fee and School Insurance: 10 Euros

Note: The tuition of this course can be paid in 10 installments, being the first at the time of registration and the remaining in the months of October, November, December, January, February, March, April, May and June.

* in accordance with Decree-Law No. 36/2014, changed by Decree-Law No.62/2018, of 6th August, international students are nationals of a country which is not a Member State of the European Union and are not a legally resident in Portugal for more than 2 uninterrupted years by 1st of January of the enrolment year

The applications for courses are made through the Application Portal, available in the "Admissions" tab