Pathophysiology og Ageing
| Title | Παθοφυσιολογία της Γήρανσης / Pathophysiology og Ageing |
| Code | ΤΙΓΑ01 |
| Faculty | Health Sciences |
| School | Medicine |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Theodora Papamitsou |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600022435 |
Programme of Study: DiPMS Efarmosménī Gerontología kai Gīriatrikī (2022-sīmera)
Registered students: 39
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Compulsory Course | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| 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 | 600290013
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Course Type 2021
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
- Distance learning
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600290013
- eLearning: https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=17399
Learning Outcomes
This module is the study of the disturbance of the human physiology of the organism that leads to the manifestation of a clinical symptom or disease.
After successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
• To understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms of aging, disorder, and homeostasis.
• To appreciate the changes in metabolic functions that occur in older adults.
• Describe the theories of aging.
• To evaluate the differences between the processes of normal aging
• Assess age-related diseases
• To recognize and understand the most critical physiological changes caused by the onset of old age.
General Competences
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
Course Content (Syllabus)
1. MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS OF THE AGING PROCESS
2. THEORIES OF PHYSIOLOGY OF HEALTHY AGING
3. GENETICS OF AGING
4. PRINCIPLES OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR MECHANISMS OF AGING
5. AGING CHANGES IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
6. CHANGES IN SKIN AGING
7. MICROBIOMA OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
8. AGING CHANGES IN THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
9. AGING CHANGES IN THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
• Use of T.P.E. in Teaching: ZOOM
• Use of T.P.E. in Communication with students: e-learning
• Use of T.P.E. in Student Assessment: e-learning
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 50 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 30 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 50 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Exams | 30 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 160 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative)
- Written Assignment (Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
1. Rodrigue, K. M., et al. "β-Amyloid burden in healthy aging: regional distribution and cognitive consequences." Neurology 78.6 (2012): 387-395.
2. Schott, Jonathan M. "The neurology of ageing: what is normal?." Practical Neurology 17.3 (2017): 172-182.
3. Howarth, A., and G. R. Shone. "Ageing and the auditory system." Postgraduate medical journal 82.965 (2006): 166-171.
4. AttayeI, WarmbrunnMV, Boot ANAF, et al. A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Dietary Interventions Modulating Gut Microbiota and Cardiometabolic Diseases-Striving for New Standards in Microbiome Studies.Gastroenterology. 2022;162(7):1911-1932. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2022.02.011
5. Ghosh TS, Shanahan F, O'Toole PW. The gut microbiome as a modulator of healthy ageing.Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022;19(9):565-584. doi:10.1038/s41575-022-00605-x.
Last Update
03-01-2024
