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Unit Overview

Description

This unit provides an introduction to the scientific basis of human diseases with emphasis on the clinical presentation, prognosis, treatment and underlying mechanisms of diseases affecting human organ systems. Students participate in tutorial and practical classes that demonstrate disease pathology and laboratory techniques used to assess human disease in clinical and research settings. The unit is suitable for students interested in a career in clinical diagnostic laboratories, biomedical research or medicine.

Credit
6 points
Offering
(see Timetable)
AvailabilityLocationMode
Semester 1QEII Medical CentreFace to face
Outcomes

Students are able to (1) describe the mechanisms of cellular injury, immunopathology, tissue pathology and neoplasia; (2) explain the role of cellular injury, immunopathology, tissue pathology and neoplasia in the initiation and perpetuation of major human diseases; (3) apply knowledge of pathological processes to the classification, diagnosis and treatment of major human diseases; (4) apply methodological skills to identify and interpret evidence of pathological features in cells and tissues; and (5) apply skills in synthesis, critique and presentation of pathological processes involved in major human diseases.

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) continuous assessment and (2) end of semester examination. Further information is available in the unit outline.



Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Unit Coordinator(s)
Dr Jacob Kenny (00073926)
Unit rules
Prerequisites
ANHB1102 Human Biology II: Being Human
and SCIE1106 Molecular Biology of the Cell
or
ANHX1102 Human Biology 2 (Being Human)
and SCIX1106 Molecular Biology of the Cell
or
IMED1001 Form and Function
and IMED1002 The Facts of Life
Incompatibility
PATH2202 Fundamentals of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
and PATH2201 Introduction to Human Disease completed prior to 2013
Contact hours
lectures: 3 hours per week
tutorials/practical classes: 2 hours per week
Texts

Crowley’s An Introduction to Human Disease (Pathology & Pathophysiology Correlations), 10th Edition by Emily G. Reisner & Howard M. Reisner.

 

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