Duration
15h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in biomedicine | 2 crédits |
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 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
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
Integrality of the lessons of History of biomedical research except the last chapter (Molecular biology);
Assessment methods
The evaluation will be based on a PERSONAL WRITTEN WORK (without any plagiarism) about one eminent person or an important scientific topic of the history of biomedical research.
This work cannot exceed 4 pages max. and has to be sent for 20 August at 18h (deadline) as a PDF document to:
vgeenen@uliege.be
Contacts
Pr Vincent Geenen - vgeenen@uliege.be
Items online
History of the thymus
Historical synthesis (in French)
COMPLETE SYLLABUS
The syllabus includes the essential elements of the lectures presented during the course.