Description
This course is designed to provide the students with sufficient information regarding the common processes of disease. Concepts of hypersensitivity, inflammation, and oncogenesis are discussed. Students are provided with exercises that confer a basic ability to recognize gross, histological, cellular, or biochemical changes that signify disease conditions.
Program
Bachelor of Pharmacy-B Pharm
Objectives
- By the end of the course students will be able to:
a. Knowledge and Understanding
a.1. Discuss causes and leading factors of disruption of homeostasis
a.2. Outline the different mechanisms of loss of homeostatic functions and mechanisms of diseases
a.3. List manifestations in the different pathophysiological conditions affecting different human organs
a.4. Distinguish different forms of pathophysiological mechanisms regarding definition, predisposing factors & stages.
b. Intellectual Skills
b.1. Analyze the mechanism of the pathophysiology of each disease
b.2. Discriminate between types and stages of the pathological conditions
b.3. Predict aim and future complications of loss of the body compensatory functions
b.4. Interpret the pathophysiological mechanisms and clinical manifestations
c. Professional and Practical Skills
c.1. Design the possible laboratory diagnosis of different pathophysiological conditions
c.2. Detect risk factors for loss of homeostatic control
c.3. Plan to manage simple clinical cases of hypertension, peptic ulcers, anemias
d. General and Transferable Skills
d.1. Improve communication skills
d.2. Practice independent learning
