Duration
10h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in dentistry | 1 crédit |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course is actually an introduction to immunopathology, i.e. the study of diseases involving primarily or secondarily an abnormal functioning of the immune system. It constitutes therefore a transition between the course of general immunology of the third quadrimester and the courses of general and specialized pathology which will come afterwards. Unfortunately, the course is given simultaneously to students in biomedical sciences and dentistry, which does not allow an optimal differentiation taking into account the respective learning objectives of each section. Nevertheless, during the lectures and at the examns (which are different for each section, an emphasis will be laid on the mechanistic and molecular aspects (for the students in biomedical sciences) and on more clinical aspects (especially if they concern oral pathology) for the future dentists.
The principal chapters are
- Immunodeficiencies and HIV infection/AIDS.
- Allergy and hypersensitivity
- Autoimmunity
- Autoinflammation
- Manipulation of immune responses
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Learning objectives of each lecture will be summarized at the beginning of each slide kit (available on E-campus)
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Five two-hour lectures
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face. Slide kits are also available on E campus. Students are also welcome to meet me personnally for further discussion or questions relative to the lectures
Recommended or required readings
Assessment methods and criteria
Four to six open questions with short answers. Evaluation criterai include knowledge and understanding but also concision and structure of the answers. Non native French speakers can answer in English if they prefer.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Michel Moutschen michel.moutschen@ulg.ac.be
Secretary : Francesca Lipari francesca.lipari@chu.ulg.ac.be