Abstract

Comunicación oral ganadora del Premio Coloma Barb. FEM (Ed. impresa) [online]. 2013, vol.16, suppl.1, pp.58-64. ISSN 2014-9840.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S2014-98322013000400011.

Introduction. To implement transversal education and to avoid compartmentalization of the acquired knowledge, a coordinated and multidisciplinary teaching project based on the development of a clinical case of excessive alcohol consumption was set up. The clinical case was studied in different subjects throughout the degree. Here, we show the taken actions and the achieved results by the teachers of the Biochemistry course. Material and methods. Students of the first year were invited to a briefing of the clinical case and to attend a Biochemistry seminar. In this seminar, the case was presented through a fictitious individual named Sam who at the age of 20 is a risk drinker. Throughout his life, Sam will develop various pathologies as a result of alcohol consumption. Furthermore, specific contents related to the alcohol metabolism were provided. Next year, the same students answered two questionnaires with five items about the seminar; one concerning biochemistry knowledge and the other about their view of the case. Results. The knowledge items 2 and 5 showed significant differences between students who attended the seminar in relation with those with non-attendance. Both groups presented low punctuation for item 1. The opinion items 4 and 5 were the most appreciated by the students as the mean punctuations were 4.23 ± 0.08 and 4.18 ± 0.08 over 5 respectively. Conclusions. The students appreciate to start the study of some clinical topics in the first year and working them in a transversal manner. The assistance to the seminar improved the global mark of student´s knowledge.

Keywords : Alcohol abuse; Biochemistry; Clinical case; Pharmacy degree; Transversality.

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