Introduction to pathology.

Teacher(s)

Delaere Bénédicte; Delgrange Etienne; Jacques Denis 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

In the field of internal medicine five clinical problems are approached: obesity, sweet diabetes, high blood pressure and oedema, consequences of impregnation in glucocorticoides, alcohol and liver pathology. In the field of gerontology: the physiological characteristics of the old person, dehydration and malnutrition, dementia and delirium. In the field of the infectiology: the basic principles of sterility for the practice of the physical therapist. In the field of psychiatry: the different fields of application of the psychopathology in different areas of medicine, the parameters of the patients-care givers relationship, borders between normal and pathology. Lessons are systematically illustrated with concrete clinical case.

Other information

Pre-necessary: Cellular physiology, general psychology, psychology and handicap
Support: Power point
Framing: Holder

Faculty or entity

FSM