Pathology (PAK_021)
About Study Course
Objective
1. To provide studies in pathology, including morphological and functional manifestations of diseases, their pathogenesis. This aspect of the programme should provide theoretical grounds for the mastering of clinical and speciality-related courses preparing a comprehensively educated pharmacy specialist. The pathology programme should include, in an integrated way, the progress of local and general pathological processes, developing a uniform idea of the morphological and functional components of disease pathogenesis for the student;
2. To provide a practical overview of pathology as a diagnostic branch of medicine and a component of medical research at the level appropriate for pharmacy specialist’s work.
Prerequisites
Cell biology, human anatomy and physiology, biochemistry.
Learning outcomes
As a result of completing the study course, the student will know and will be able to explain in a reasoned way the nature of individual diseases and general pathological processes; pathogenesis and its manifestations in clinical processes, imaging and laboratory examinations; causes and risk factors; potential complications and consequences, as well as outcomes, as far as the scope of the study course allows.
As far as the scope of the study course allows, the student will learn, through clinical assignments, to identify the most common pathologies, reasoned evaluation of the pathogenesis of the diseases referred to in the thematic plan of the course, associate it with clinical manifestations of diseases and diagnostic basis, and to act practically organising the necessary laboratory examinations, interpreting and critically analysing the results thereof in relation to the overall picture of the disease. Knowledge and understanding of the pathogenesis of diseases will serve as a basis for developing the skills to carry out scientific research in the pharmaceutical field.
The student will be competent to formulate, differentiate, analyse and substantiate the course of pathological processes.
Study course planning
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy, FF | 4 | Master’s | Required | Sabīne Teifurova |
