Elements of General Pathology

wfarm1305  2020-2021  Bruxelles Woluwe

Elements of General Pathology
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information below is subject to change, in particular that concerning the teaching mode (presential, distance or in a comodal or hybrid format).
3 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Dechamps Mélanie; Feron Olivier (coordinator);
Language
French
Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes
Purpose of the matter General pathophysiology teaching aims at presenting most common disorders, emphasizing the logical and temporal relationships between etiology, pathophysiology and clinical symptoms (natural course of the disease). Consequently, diagnostic approach and therapeutical principles are discussed.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 To acquire the knowledge and the skills allowing to understand the pathophysiological mechanisms of common disorders, the rational of diagnostic approach and therapeutics.
 
Content
Lectures covering most common disorders useful for students in pharmacy and biomedical sciences : arterial hypertension - heart failure - ischemic cardiomyopathy - emphysema - chronic obstructive lung disease and asthma - gastroduodenal ulcer - malabsorption - liver and biliary diseases - diabetes - thyroid disorders - renal disorders - blood and rheumatic diseases - neoplastic disorders.
Teaching methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Lectures (remote and/or classrooms)
Evaluation methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Multiple-choices questions + Questions requiring short-open-responses
Other information
Requisite : knowledge of cytology, histopathology, anatomy, biochemistry and human physiology. 
Online resources
All the documents projected (incl. remotely) are accessible via Moodle.
Faculty or entity
FARM


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Bachelor in Pharmacy
3
WMD1006 AND WFARM1009 AND WFARM1221 AND WFARM1212 AND WFARM1213

Bachelor in Biomedicine
3
WFARM1009 AND WMD1006 AND WSBIM1203 AND WSBIM1204