Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
4 credits
40.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Feron Olivier; Gilon Patrick (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
Cells and living beings are thermodynamic open systems, and exchange matter and energy with their environment. General physiology study cell homeostasis, the mechanisms regulating the exchanges between cells, and the interactions between cells and their environment.
Content
Comprehensive outline of cell homeostasis and of the mechanisms regulating the exchanges of substances and information with the environment; intercellular communications (electrical and chemical transmission); contractile properties and excitation-contraction coupling in the different types of muscles; thermoregulation and metabolism.
Practical courses are intended to provide students with an initiation into experimentation in physiology.
Teaching methods
Lectures (slide projection). Flipped classroom for some parts of the course.
Evaluation methods
Questions requiring short-open-responses (possibly involving diagrams/schemes to be built or completed) or longer motivated responses.
Other information
Written exam with open questions.
Continuous evaluation of the practical courses.
Pre-requirements : basic knowledge in chemistry, physics, biochemistry.
Online resources
All the documents projected during the courses are accessible on UCL's Moodle website.
Faculty or entity
SBIM
Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)
Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Bachelor in Biomedicine
