Elements of General Pathology

Teacher(s)

Dechamps Mélanie; Feron Olivier (coordinator);

Language

French
> English-friendly

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.

Learning outcomes

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

Lectures (remote and/or classrooms)

Evaluation methods

Multiple-choices questions (MCQ) for >90% of the exam + Questions requiring short-open-responses (QSOR).

Online resources

All the documents projected (incl. remotely) are accessible via Moodle.

Faculty or entity

FARM