Embryology

Course Information
TitleΕΜΒΡΥΟΛΟΓΙΑ / Embryology
Code100409C
FacultyHealth Sciences
SchoolDentistry
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CoordinatorSoultana Meditskou-Efthymiadou
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID240000670

Programme of Study: UPS of School of Dentistry (2010-today)

Registered students: 5
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
CoreCompulsory Course427

Class Information
Academic Year2024 – 2025
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Class ID
600258852
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
  • Distance learning
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Students will know the stages of human development, starting from the gametes until the delivery of the baby. Emphasis is placed on prenatal diagnostic methods, on imaging of fetal development, on assessing of fetal development based on milestones, on the causes of congenital anomalies, on placental development and function. The development and formation of organs and systems, in addition to their most common congenital anomalies, are studied.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Meiosis, gametogenesis ovarian cycle, fertilization, cleavage, blastocyst formation, 1st week of development, implantation, gastrulation, early differentiation of tissues and organs, fetal period, placenta and fetal membranes, teratology, developmental signaling pathways, procedures for assessing fetal status, prenatal diagnosis, body cavities, pharyngeal apparatus, respiratory system, digestive system, urogenital system, cardiovascular system, axial skeleton, muscular system, extremities, nervous system, sensory organs, integumentary system, congenital abnormalities, clinical correlates- problems
Keywords
embryology, embryogenesis
Educational Material Types
  • Slide presentations
  • Video lectures
  • Multimedia
  • 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
Description
POWER POINT, e-learning, E-MAIL, VIDEO PROJECTIONS, zoom
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures1284.9
Laboratory Work261
Tutorial261
Exams20.1
Total1827
Student Assessment
Description
Students have written examinations with multiple-choice questions, through an e-platform. For the final grade, the laboratory examination will be taken into account.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
  • Oral Exams (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Η ανθρώπινη διάπλαση Εμβρυολογία κλινικού προσανατολισμού, Moore, T.V.N. Persaud Εκδόσεις Πασχαλίδη Langman's ΙΑΤΡΙΚΗ ΕΜΒΡΥΟΛΟΓΙΑ Τ. SADLER, Ιατρικές εκδόσεις Λίτσας
Last Update
03-03-2024