Course: Pathology

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Course title Pathology
Course code KSZD/PFP9
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Urban Jiří, MUDr.
Course content
Lecture topics: 1. Illness and its causes. 2. Death and posthumous changes. 3. Regressive changes. 4. Blood circulation failure. Onkopatologie. 5. Pathology of breast and pregnancy. 6. Pathology of female genitalia. Pathological conditions in gynecology and obstetrics. Pathology of the nervous system and sensory organs. Seminar topics: 1. Pathology, its importance and position in medicine. 2. Congenital malformations and regressive changes of female genitalia. 3. Female genital inflammation. 4. HPV infection and cervical cancer. 5. CNS and PNS tumors. Tumors of the uterus and ovaries. 6. Pathology of pregnancy, trophoblastic disease. Breast Pathology.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The subject is conceived as theoretical. The student will become after completing the course general overview about the causes of diseases, regressive and metabolic changes and cancer diseases. Students will also get an overview about the methods of processing materials intended for histological examination, diagnostic methods used in routine practice, including special methods used in the field (immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, electron microscopy, molecular biological methods). Special attention is paid to pathological changes of female genitalia, breast and pregnancy.
Expertise: Students are able to know basic medical terminology, they can define pathophysiology of individual diseases. Professional skills: The student understands the terminology and understands the basic pathophysiological mechanisms. He/she understands the complex position of pathology in the therapeutic prevention process. General competences: The student is able to communicate comprehensibly and convincingly to the woman about the nature of professional problems and to propose their solution
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Credit test multiple choise with 50% success. Exam: oral exam by form of answers for 3 questions from lectures areas.
Recommended literature
  • MAČÁK, J. a kol. Patologie. 1.vyd. Praha: Grada, 2004.347s. ISBN 80-247-0785-3.
  • MAČÁK, J. a kol. Patologie. 2. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2012. 347 s. ISBN 978-80-247-3530-6.
  • POVÝŠIL C., ŠTEINER I. Obecná patologie 1. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2011, 300 s. ISBN: 978-80-7262-773-8.
  • POVÝŠIL C., ŠTEINER I. Speciální patologie - Druhé, doplněné a přepracované vydání Praha: Galén, 2007, 430 s. ISBN: 978-80-7262-494-2. ISBN 9788072624942.
  • REJTHAR, A., 2002. Obecná patologie nádorového růstu. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada. 206 s. ISBN 80-247-0238-X. ISBN 80-247-0238-X.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Midwife (P19) Category: Health service 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter