Unit name | Disease and Defence |
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Unit code | PANM10002 |
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 how the body defends against disease, describing the components of the immune system and how the immune response works. 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 (elearning to support laboratory practicals via eBiolabs)
Oral presentation (10%)
eBiolabs prelab quizzes, postlab assignments and completed practical sheets (10%)
1 hour written midunit assessment including multiple choice questions (10%)
2 hour written exam (summer) including multiple choice questions and two essays (70%)
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:
Oral presentations will be marked and subject to verbal feedback during the tutorial and a written feedback sheet provided.
Electronic feedback will be provided for the prelab and postlab work via eBiolabs.
Feedback during practical classes will be provided by staff and demonstrators.
Unit assessment marks will be provided and feedback session will be given by the Unit Director.
A breakdown of marks for the summer exams will be provided and additional feedback will be provided by the Unit Director on request.
Recommended reading
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)
or
Underwood's Pathology by Simon Cross 7th Edn (2018)
For immunology, good smaller books are:
Basic Immunology: Functions and Disorders of the Immune System by
AK Abbas & AH Lichtman, 4th edn, (2012)
or
Roitt's Essential Immunology by P Delves et al, 13th edn. (2017).
Further reading
Janeway's Immunobiology, by K Murphy & C Weaver, 9th edn. (2016)
or
The Immune System by P Parham, 4th, (2014).
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.