L’efecte del microbioma sobre la salut, tema central de la 5a. Jornada de Medicina i Biomedicina Integrada 2016
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L’efecte del microbioma sobre la salut, tema central de la 5a. Jornada de Medicina i Biomedicina Integrada 2016
L’efecte del microbioma sobre la salut, tema central de la 5a. Jornada de Medicina i Biomedicina Integrada 2016
Aquest matí s’ha celebrat la 5a. Jornada de Medicina i Biomedicina Integrada del curs 2015-2016, que enguany ha girat entorn la influència del microbioma sobre la salut humana. L'eix vertebrador de la trobada l’han conformat les presentacions dels treballs que els estudiants de tercer curs dels graus en Medicina i Biologia Humana de la UPF han realitzat en el marc de l'assignatura "Medicina i Biomedicina Integrada III".
L'acte, que ha tingut lloc a la sala Josep Marull de l’Hospital del Mar, ha servit com a tancament de l'assignatura impartida transversalment als graus de Medicina i Biologia Humana i desenvolupada a partir de la metodologia de l'aprenentatge basat en la indagació (Inquiry Based Learning). Jordi Pérez, director de l’Oficina de Coordinació i Avaluació Acadèmica de la Facultat de Ciències de la Salut i de la Vida de la UPF, i Josep Eladi Baños, Catedràtic de Farmacologia de la UPF, han portat a terme la inauguració i el tancament de la jornada, respectivament.
Els diferents grups de treball han exposat els seus projectes de recerca centrats en l’efecte del microbioma sobre la salut humana, tractant temes tan diversos com la influència de la microbiota en la resistència als antidepressius o el vincle existent entre el microbioma, l’ambient i la diabetis. Entre tots els treballs presentats, els alumnes han votat quin ha estat el més creatiu, quedant empatats els treballs “Modificar l'atracció d’A. albopictus mitjançant un probiòtic” i “Desenvolupament d'un projecte educatiu pilot sobre microbiota i salut en alumnes d'11 i 12 anys”.
Durant les deu setmanes de classe, els estudiants de tots dos graus han treballat conjuntament amb l'objectiu de millorar competències de recerca. Per això, cada grup va dissenyar i tirar endavant un projecte de recerca en l’àmbit del microbioma i la salut. “Amb aquesta assignatura pretenem fomentar el treball col·laboratiu, enfortir la relació entre docència i recerca i oferir un espai on els estudiants puguin elaborar i desenvolupar les seves pròpies idees”, comenta Mar Carrió, coordinadora de l’assignatura i professora del Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut (DCEXS) de la UPF. Tots els projectes van ser avaluats per Juan Pablo Horcajada (Hospital del Mar), Jordi Sintes (IMIM) i Josep Eladi Baños, tres investigadors de l'àmbit que han estat convidats a la Jornada.
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