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Unit Summary

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

AQF level

7

Level of learning

Intermediate

Former School/College

Former School of Health and Human Sciences

Pre-requisites

BIO00101 - Physiological Pathology I

Unit aim

Provides an overview of the pathophysiology of various disease states of the cardiovascular, renal, reproductive, musculoskeletal and nervous systems. Places a focus on understanding disease processes from the cellular level through to the levels of organ and system emphasising microbiological and pharmacological principles, which underlie many treatment regimes.

Unit content

Topic 1: Disorders of the heamatopoietic, cardiac, and vascular systems
Topic 2: Disorders of the nervous system
Topic 3: Disorders of the musculoskeletal system
Topic 4: Disorders of the renal system
Topic 5: Disorders of the male and female reproductive systems
Topic 6: Sexually transmitted disorders

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to: GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 contrast cellular changes that occur in normal adaptive processes to selected abnormal or disease processes
2 explain features of inheritance, gene expression and genetic changes for selected genetic and congenital disorders
3 describe selected neoplasms with respect to their type, risk factors for development, and signs and symptoms
4 contrast the mechanical, physiological and biochemical changes found in selected disorders to normal anatomy and physiology
5 justify a diagnosis for selected cases based on differences in clinical presentations
6 critically analyse selected pharmaceutical and natural therapies with respect to their safety and efficacy
7 critically analyse specific patient presentations, with emphasis on identifying safety concerns.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. contrast cellular changes that occur in normal adaptive processes to selected abnormal or disease processes
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    • GA4:
  2. explain features of inheritance, gene expression and genetic changes for selected genetic and congenital disorders
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  3. describe selected neoplasms with respect to their type, risk factors for development, and signs and symptoms
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  4. contrast the mechanical, physiological and biochemical changes found in selected disorders to normal anatomy and physiology
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  5. justify a diagnosis for selected cases based on differences in clinical presentations
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  6. critically analyse selected pharmaceutical and natural therapies with respect to their safety and efficacy
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  7. critically analyse specific patient presentations, with emphasis on identifying safety concerns.
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:

Prescribed texts

  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed texts may change in future teaching periods.