After successful completion of the course, students are able to to understand the relationship between the cause, course and consequences of an illness; link the basics of heredity with the development of hereditary diseases; account for the causes and consequences of cell death and curative options; describe inflammation processes and the components and tasks of the immune system; understand the relationships between the development, characteristics and consequences of malignant and benign tumours; interpret the various causes and manifestations of local and systemic disorders of blood circulation.

Nomenclature, Basics of pathophysiology and pathology. Basics of heredity with the development of hereditary diseases; causes and consequences of cell death and curative options; inflammation processes and the components and tasks of the immune system; relationships between the development, characteristics and consequences of malignant and benign tumours; causes and manifestations of local and systemic disorders of blood circulation.

Oral course with presentation; access data and dates will follow.

ECTS-Breakdown:

• 32 Stunden: Vorlesungszeit
• 40 Stunden: Vor- und Nachbereitung der einzelnen Vorlesungseinheiten
• 40.5 Stunden: Prüfung (inkl. Vorbereitung)

Summe: 112.5 Stunden

Currently, due to the pandemia, exams are planned to be held as oral online exams. If the situation might allow for exams to be held onsite, such exams would be carried out in written form.

For written exams: see uploaded mock exam

Silbernagl: Color Atlas of Physiology (Thieme)

Silbernagl: Color Atlas of Pathophysiology (Thieme)

Reid: Pathology Illustrated (Churchill Livingstone)

Robbins: Basic pathology