Unit name | Pathological Responses of Cells |
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Unit code | PANM12052 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Kafienah |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine |
Faculty | Faculty of Life Sciences |
Basic principles of pathogenesis and how these relate to the development of specific human diseases. Use of gross pathology and histopathology in the investigation of human disease.
The unit demonstrates the basic principles of pathogenesis and how studies of gross pathology and histopathology are used in the investigation of human disease. It will give practical experience of some experimental approaches to understanding pathological processes and provide a foundation for higher level studies of disease processes. The unit introduces the components of the immune system and the immune response. It is delivered using a series of integrated lectures, tutorials and laboratory sessions supported by on line resources.
Unit aims:
To provide students with information about:
To teach students skills including:
At the end of the unit a successful student will be able to:
Lectures
Tutorials
Practicals
e-learning to support laboratory practicals via eBiolabs
Oral presentation (5%)
eBiolabs pre-lab quizzes, post-lab assignments and completed practical sheets (5%)
1-hour written mid-unit assessment including multiple choice questions and one essay (15%)
2-hour written exam (summer) including multiple choice questions and two essays (75%)
The exams will cover learning outcomes 1-10, 12-13.
The assessment via eBiolabs and the practical book will assess learning outcomes 9-13.
The oral presentation will cover learning outcome 13 and any from 1-10.
Formative assessment:
For formative purposes students will receive feedback as follows:
The most useful general reference books are:
Cell, tissue and disease: the basis of pathology by N Woolf, 3rd edn. (2000)
or
An introduction to general pathology by TD Spector and JS Axford, 4th edn (1999)
For immunology, good smaller books are:
Basic Immunology: Functions and Disorders of the Immune System by AK Abbas & AH Lichtman, 3rd edn, (2008)
or
Roitt's Essential Immunology by P Delves et al, 11th edn. (2006).
More substantial immunology textbooks are:
Janeway's Immunobiology, 8th edn. (2012) by K Murphy.
or
The Immune System by P Parham, 3rd edn., (2009).
If students have problems with medical terminology then they can read a small medical dictionary (one for nurses is fine) or consult the following web site: Multilingual Glossary of technical and popular medical terms in nine European Languages: http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/welcome.html
All textbooks are available in the Medical Sciences library.