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Medical Biochemistry
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:08.08.2023 16:19:11
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | CFUBK_068 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Chemistry | Target Audience: | Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Irina Kazuša | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Human Physiology and Biochemistry | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, cfbk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061550 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Chemistry, Physics, Biology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Course objective is to promote the acquisition of knowledge not only about chemical reactions, but also on certain biochemical processes in life-providing processes in the context of the transformation and the development of practical work experience for students, and to build an idea about the analytical results of the statistical processing. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Energy transformation in biochemical processes. The law of Energy Conservation. Catabolism and anabolism. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Homeostasis-providing processes: electrolytic dissociation, concentration alignment in solutions, pH unchangeability, balance response direction adjustment. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Introduction to biochemistry. Functional groups in molecules of organic matter. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Biochemically significant carbohydrates. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Biochemically significant lipids. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Simple and composite protein characterisation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Enzyme mechanism of action and specificity. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Catabolism and anabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Workshop: Basic methods of analytical chemistry. Concentration calculations. | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 10 | Laboratory work "Acid-base titration". | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 11 | Colloquium: Processes providing homeostasis, colligative properties of solutions, electrolytic dissociation. Concentration and calculation of osmotic pressure in solutions. | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 12 | Seminar: Laboratory work. Characteristics of carbohydrate molecules. Carbohydrate digestion. | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 13 | Seminar: The structure of lipid molecules. Lipid and fat digestion. | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 14 | Seminar: Design of simple and composite protein molecules. | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 15 | Laboratory Work "Amiloclastic Power". | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 16 | Colloquium: Catabolism and anabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins. | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Compiliation of chemical reaction equations, problem solving and calculation of the concentrations, studies of literature, material acquisition from e-studies. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Tests during the study course, written theoretical exam (multiple-choice test). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | The student knows the life processes of transformation-providing chemical and biochemical reactions, fundamental principles, the operating conditions and consequences. | ||||||||
| Skills: | The student is able to justify the chemical and biochemical methods in use and has acquired the skills to independently carry out those laboratory methods to qualitatively and quantitatively determine analytes in different samples. The student is able to analyse the data obtained with laboratory methods, including his own findings; is able to adequately process and to make consequential and reasoned conclusions about laboratory detected analytes' relationship with metabolic processes in the body. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Based on the theoretical knowledge of the facts, the student is able to: • describe the reaction's energetic and kinetic parameters (enthalpy, entropy, Gibbs energy, concentration, reaction time); • outline the biochemical processes and the development in the conditions, eg., hydrolysis of nutrients in the digestive tract, biomolecule structure and functions; • explain carbohydrate, lipid and protein synthesis reactions and the importance of their implementation. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | A.Rauhvargers. „Vispārīgā ķīmija”. Rīga, 1996 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | RSU e-studiju materiāli | ||||||||
| 2 | D. Cēdere, J. Logins. „Organiskā ķīmija ar ievirzi bioķīmijā”. Zvaigzne ABC, 1996 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Nelson, Cox, Lehninger, Cox, Michael M, & Lehninger, Albert L. Lehninger principles of biochemistry / David L. Nelson, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Michael M. Cox Professor of Biochemistry, University, 2017 | ||||||||
| 2 | Lippincotts Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry, 2010 | ||||||||
