Study Programmes 2016-2017
| BIOC3002-1 | |||||||||||
| Normal and pathologic human biochemistry and physiology (cardiovascular system - respiratory system - nervous system) | |||||||||||
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Duration :
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| 40h Th, 2h Pr. | |||||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Didier Cataldo, Gaëtan Garraux, Philippe Kolh, Gilles Vandewalle | |||||||||||
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Coordinator :
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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 second semester | |||||||||||
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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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Learning unit contents :
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| The course aims at allowing students to be able to understand human biochemistry and physiology
The different systems will be part of the course: I. Cardio-vascular system. 1. Elements of cardio-vascular physiology 2. Cardiac pump 3. Vascular System 4. Cardio-vascular homeostasis : cardiac output and arterial pressure 5. Principles of cardio-vascular physiopathology 6. Arterial hypertension 7. Coronary insufficiency 8. Cardiac failure II. Respiratory system 1. Introduction to respiratory system III. Nervous system -Somatic sensory systems : somesthesia, vision, hearing, gustation, olfaction -Somatic motor systems: motor unit, segmental control of motor unit, suprasegmental control, motor learning -Cognition, emotions, behavior -Sleep & wakefulness, consciousness -Homeostasis |
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Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
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| The objective of the course is to master the principles of biochemistry and physiology of the human cardio-vascular, respiratory and nervous systems. Furthermore, the student will have understood the importance of feedbacks and interactions between the different parts of the cardio-vascular system. | |||||||||||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| General Biochemestry; General Physiology; Introduction to Neurophysiology | |||||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Lectures with active participation of students | |||||||||||
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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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| Course syllabus, available on eCampus or MyULg
For neurophysiology, learning objectives can be reached by using the following textbook: Neurosciences, 5th edition. D. Purves, G.J. Augustine, D. Fitzpatrick, W.C. Hall, A.-S LaMantia, J.O. McNamara, L.E. White. de boeck Ed. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| End semester evaluations
The evaluation criterias are available on the Faculty Website facmed.ulg.ac.be/examens Written evaluations will take place in june and in august/september. Evaluations will be organized the same day for all parts of this teaching unit. The following type of question is possible : - Questions with long answer - Questions with short answer - Multiple choice |
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Work placement(s) :
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| No training | |||||||||||
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Organizational remarks :
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| No remark | |||||||||||
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Contacts :
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| Prof Didier CATALDO
didier.cataldo@ulg.ac.be Tel : 04 366 2521 Mme Jessica THYS (administrative assistent) Jessica.thys@ulg.ac.be Pr Philippe Kolh Philippe.kolh@ulg.ac.be 04/3665196 04/3668445 (secretary) Prof Gaetan GARRAUX Tél : 04 3667499 ggarraux@ulg.ac.be |
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