Environmental Factors and Human Tissues
| Title | ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝΤΙΚΟΙ ΠΑΡΑΓΟΝΤΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΙΣΤΟΙ / Environmental Factors and Human Tissues |
| Code | ΜΠΙΑ004 |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Coordinator | Theodora Papamitsou |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600016949 |
Programme of Study: PPS Health and Environmental Factors
Registered students: 49
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | Compulsory Course | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2023 – 2024 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Instructors from Other Categories |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600242749
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Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
- Distance learning
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600242749
- eLearning: https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=11577
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Épeita apó tin epitychí parakoloúthisi tis enótitas aftís, oi spoudastés tha eínai se thési: • Na ektimoún ti syschétisi ton perivallontikón paragónton kai tou lemfoaimopoiitikoú, anosopoiitikoú kai endokrinikoú systímatos. • Na ektimoún ti syschétisi ton perivallontikón paragónton kai tou nevrikoú systímatos kai aisthitiriakón orgánon. • Na katanooún ti varýtita tou perivállontos sto dérma kai ti fysiologikí leitourgía tou. • Na ektimoún tin epídrasi ton perivallontikón paragónton sto kardiangeiakó sýstima. • Na perigráfoun tin epídrasi ton perivallontikón paragónton sto gastrenterikó kai ourogennitikó sýstima. • Na diasyndéoun ti syschétisi perivállontos kai klímatos me tis myoskeletikés pathíseis. • Na katanooún ti vasikí anatomía kai fysiología tou anóterou kai katóterou anapnefstikoú. • Na diasyndéoun tin epídrasi perivallontikón paragónton me tin ygeía tou anapnefstikoú systímatos. • Na katanooún ti pathofysiología tou ásthmatos, ti syschétisi me to perivállon kai tis therapeftikés paremváseis. • Na ektimoún orthá tis klinikés melétes schetiká me to kápnisma kai tis epiptóseis tou.
Εμφάνιση περισσότερων
1.094 / 5.000
Αποτελέσματα μετάφρασης
Αποτέλεσμα μετάφρασης
After successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
• Appreciate the relationship between environmental factors and the lymphohaematopoietic, immune and endocrine systems.
• To appreciate the correlation of environmental factors and the nervous system and sensory organs.
• To understand the gravity of the environment on the skin and its normal function.
• To assess the effect of environmental factors on the cardiovascular system.
• Describe the effect of environmental factors on the gastrointestinal and genitourinary system.
• To link the correlation of environment and climate with musculoskeletal diseases.
• Understand the basic anatomy and physiology of the upper and lower respiratory tract.
• To link the effect of environmental factors with the health of the respiratory system.
• To understand the pathophysiology of asthma, the association with the environment and therapeutic interventions.
• To properly evaluate clinical studies on smoking and its effects.
General Competences
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
1. THE CLIMATE EXPOSITION: A NEW TOOL FOR ASSESSING THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
2. THE USE OF TOXOKINETIC MODELS IN THE ANALYSIS OF RISK FROM CHEMICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT
3. EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
4. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
5. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
6. UPPER AIR DUCT AND ENVIRONMENT
7. HISTOPATHOLOGY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF THE LUNGS
8. ASTHMA. ASTHMA'S MANY FORMS, SPECIFIC THERAPIES / PHENOTYPES AND THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES
9. CLINICAL STUDIES & SMOKING
10. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND THE URINARY SYSTEM
11. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
12. MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES - INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE ON MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES
13. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND THE EYE
14. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND SKIN
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 70 | ✓ | |||
| Reading Assigment | 30 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 30 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Exams | 30 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 160 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative)
- Report (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
1. Nocturnal penile tumescence and rigidity monitoring in young potent volunteers: reproducibility, evaluation criteria and the effect of sexual intercourse
2. Complications of prostate biopsy
3. Urological symptoms of acute appendicitis in childhood and early adolescence
4. Position paper on olfactory dysfunction
5. More than smell—COVID-19 is associated with severe impairment of smell, taste, and chemesthesis
6. Asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome (ACOS): current literature review
7. Airway inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
8. Inhaled chemotherapy in lung cancer: future concept of nanomedicine
9. Mast cells in meningiomas and brain inflammation
10. Bone morphogenetic protein expression in newborn rat kidneys after prenatal exposure to radiofrequency radiation
Last Update
01-02-2024
