Biomedical research history

Duration

15h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Vincent Geenen

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

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.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face-to-face delivery.

Recommended or required readings

Syllabus (see below).

Assessment methods and criteria

The evaluation of knowledge is a WRITTEN examination based on 4-5 open questions. This examinattion is organised during the January session.
If this first examination is negative, a 2nd session is organised at the end of August. The evaluation is based on an ORAL or WRITTEN examination depending on the number of students registered for the 2nd session.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Ten lectures of 90 minutes.

Contacts

Vincent Geenen vgeenen@ulg.ac.be

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