Undergraduates

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Course title: Physiology

Code: Amed07   

Academic year / Level: 1st year             

Course of M.B.B.ch Program Department offering the course:        Medical Physiology

Date of specification approval: September 2016

Lecture: 150 hours                 Tutorial/ Practical: 60 hours         Total: 210 hours

Our objectives for the Bachelor degree

• To provide the student with the knowledge about the normal structure and function of the body and major systems.
• To provide the student with an appropriate background about of cells, tissues, organs, and systems.
• To enable the student to describe the integration of physiological functions, which characterize the performance of the human body as a whole in health.
• To provide the student with the knowledge about the physiological principles underlying diseases states that aids in interpretation of symptoms.
• To enable the development of communication skills.

Intended learning outcomes of the course (ILOs)

1. Knowledge and Understanding

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Describe the cellular functions at the organelle and molecular levels. (A5)
• Describe the structure and functions of the Autonomic nervous system, its higher centers, autonomic receptors, and chemical transmitters (A5)
• List the general components of blood and its functions, mechanism of blood coagulation, and regulation of blood volume; in addition to, state some of clinical conditions occurring due to deficiency of one or more of the blood components.
• Identify the properties of the cardiac muscle and factors affecting them and describe the functional structure of the circulatory system. (A6, 7)
• Describe the functional structure of the respiratory system, respiratory cycle, its mechanism, regulation of normal respiration, respiratory functions of the blood, and some conditions related to the respiratory system disorders.
• Explain the general mechanism of the gastrointestinal secretion, components of functions of different parts of the digestive system the mechanism of absorption, and types of gastrointestinal movements and some clinical conditions, which result from disturbances of functions.(A5)
• Describe the properties of excitability of living tissues , membrane potentials , and their relation to different phases of excitability , physiological anatomy of the skeletal muscle and mechanism of contraction and changes occurring during it.(A5, A7)

2. Intellectual Skills

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Compare the most important physiological laboratory results to distinguish the physiological form from the pathological conditions.
• Comprehend some clinical parameters (ABP, ECG, ESR, Blood fragility test, normal heart rate, factors affecting it, nerve conduction and velocity, normal pulmonary function tests) in normal individuals.
• Correlate/ integrate physiology with other basic and clinical science through case studies and problem based learning and scientific presentation.
• Perform hematological tests: estimation of blood Hemoglobin, bleeding and clotting times, blood groups, and read the erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
• Observe the most important respiratory functions tests Perform the measurement the arterial blood pressure
• Use the stethoscope to hear the heart sounds and respiratory sounds
• Observe and read the ECG.
• Observe the dissection of the frog and observe experiments of (simple muscle twitch, factors affecting it, properties of the cardiac muscle and factors affecting it).

3. General Skills 

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Communicate with staff members and their colleagues, manage time efficiently by preparing and displaying a scientific research topic.
• Present information clearly with efficient time management Display physiological data in a graphical form
• Communicate using available presentation aids efficiently (Overhead projectors or Data show) to present clearly a scientific topic
• Evaluate their and other’s work and accept the limitation in his/her knowledge Adopt the need to engage in lifelong learning

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