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Exploring Human Disease (PATH20001)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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Semester 1
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This subject will explore the scientific basis of disease. Students will be introduced to factors affecting the initiation, progression and resolution of human disease through the study of:
- Injury, inflammation and repair
- Infection, immunity and immune mediated disease
- Homeostasis and vascular disease
- Genes, cancer and the environment.
Through lectures and tutorials students will understand that, as first described by Rudolf Virchow in 1958, ‘injury to the smallest living unit of the body, the cell, is the basis of all disease’, and appreciate how injury can lead to the development of diseases such as cancer and diabetes or cause a heart attack.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject students should be able:
- Describe the factors affecting the initiation, progression and resolution of human disease
- Apply the appropriate scientific terminology to the discussion of disease
- Explain the relationship between normal and abnormal cell structure and function and its contribution to the development of disease
Generic skills
- Recognise and describe the relationship between complex concepts.
Last updated: 31 January 2024