General Pathology BDNT 3327

Course description:

The course focuses on basic reactions of cells and tissues to injury that underlie all disease processes and include cell injury and death, circulatory disturbances, inflammation and repair and disturbances of growth and neoplasia. General topics covered include the nature and causes of cell injury and death; adaptive cellular changes; inflammation, healing and repair, thrombosis, embolism and infarction and neoplasia. More detailed attention is given to cardiovascular, pulmonary and gastrointestinal diseases and common cancers and the pathology is correlated with major clinical symptoms and signs.The course will focus on examination of microscopic slides and available gross specimens to emphasize major principles and concepts and to demonstrate entities presented in lectures.

Course Aims:

The course aims to develop of students an understanding of the causes and mechanisms of disease and theassociated alterations of structure and function which will help them in the treatment plan.

Course outcomes:

After completing this course, students should be able to:
  • Demonstrate an understanding of essential basic pathological processes including inflammation, atherosclerosis and neoplasia.
  • Understandthe basics and principles of cell injury, cellular response and adaptation to stress and injurious stimuli, cellular accumulations, cellular aging and calcifications.
  • Acquire the ability to relate these basic pathological processes to the pathogenesis of common and important diseases.
  • Gain knowledge and understanding of the predisposing factors, causes, pathogenesis, morphology, potential complications and how they arise, natural history of, and the main symptoms and signs of such diseases.
  • Correlate clinical features with causes and mechanisms of diseas.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of how knowledge of pathological processes can be utilised in the investigation, management and prevention of disease.
  • Recognise and describe basic macroscopic and microscopic features of both basic pathological processes and selected diseases using the correct vocabulary.