Study Programmes 2015-2016
| MEDE0430-1 | |||||||||||
| Biomedical research history | |||||||||||
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Duration :
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| 15h Th | |||||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Vincent Geenen | |||||||||||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | |||||||||||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January | |||||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | |||||||||||
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Course contents :
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| This course tries to describe the evolution of biomedical sciences from Antiquity to nowadays through the following lectures: 1. Hellenistic and Roman medicine. 2. Occidental medicine in the Middle Ages. 3. The Renaissance and the discovery of the body machine. 4. Measure and experimentation in biomedical sciences during 'Les Lumières'. 5. The great leap forward of biomedical research in the 19th century. 6. The development of experimental physiology and medicine. 7. The birth of microbiology. 8. The birth of immunology. 9. The spectacular rise of molecular biology. | |||||||||||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| None. | |||||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face delivery. | |||||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Syllabus (see below). | |||||||||||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| Ten lectures of 90 minutes. | |||||||||||
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Contacts :
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| Vincent Geenen vgeenen@ulg.ac.be | |||||||||||
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Items online :
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 | COMPLETE SYLLABUS The syllabus includes the essential elements of the lectures presented during the course. |
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