Biological Aspects of Health and Disease (SVUEK_115)
About Study Course
Objective
To advance the future masters’ of “Health communication” understanding of mechanisms for regulation of vital functions and their disorders in the body; to develop a knowledge base in order to be able to make a proper decision for educating the public on health promotion issues.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of anatomy, biology and normal physiology.
Learning outcomes
Students will know:
• basic structure of the human body and vital functions of the body;
• the concepts of physiology at various age groups and constitutional types;
• differences in normal and abnormal growth of cells and tissues;
• the concepts of "health, disease, pathological process";
• pathogenesis of the most common diseases of the circulatory and respiratory diseases; the impact of hypoxia on tissue;
• pathogenesis of the most common endocrine diseases; risk factors for diabetes;
• the impact of the internal and external environment on the human organism systems; the effects and manifestation of the low and high body temperature;
• basic mechanisms for the operation of the immune system and the development of allergic reactions;
• the compensator-adaptive processes in the body; causes of the psycho-emotional and somatic stress;
• how to explain the basic symptoms and course of the disease based on abnormal changes;
• how to identify changes in the human body growth compared to the norm – reduced and elevated body mass;
• basic diagnostic methods and treatment principles;
• how medical terms are formed.
Students will be able to:
• understand the structure, operation and interconnectedness of the main body systems;
• identify tissue and organ pathology compared to the standard, based on key diagnostic methods;
• explain in reasoned manner the basic symptoms and course of the diseases based on typical pathological changes;
• understand, form and accurately use medical terms.
Students will be able to:
• evaluate and analyse the impact of internal and external environment on the systems of the human organism at different ages;
• understand the compensator-adaptive reactions of the body depending on environmental effects;
• discuss the need for a healthy lifestyle based on the changes in body functions;
• discuss in a reasoned way the health risk factors.
