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| Svensk benämning | Kardiovaskulär fysiologi och patologi |
|---|---|
| Engelsk benämning | Cardiovascular physiology and pathology |
| Kursnummer | 3071 |
| Antal högskolepoäng | 3.0 |
| Kursansvarig institution | Institutionen för medicin, Solna |
| Särskild behörighet | |
| Betygsskala | Godkänd/Icke godkänd |
| Fastställd av | The Board of Doctoral Education |
| Datum för fastställande | 2018-03-01 |
| Kursens syfte | The students will learn basic concepts in cardiovascular physiology and pathology. This course is designed to build up good background knowledge in cardiovascular medicine and prepare the doctoral students for more advanced courses in the Cardiovascular Research program. |
| Kursens lärandemål | To understand basic principles of cardiovascular physiology and pathology and how different components of the vascular system cooperate. To be able to relate, compare and understand experimental aspects of Cardiovascular diseases in a clinical perspective. To account for current clinical management of cardiovascular disorders. To illustrate and discuss the challenges of future improvements in diagnosis, clinical care, and drug developments related to the cardiovascular disorders addressed. To adapt knowledge of cardiovascular physiology by analyzing and discussing a clinical case and relating it to cardiovascular pathologies (group project). |
| Kursens innehåll | The course contains the following topics: cardiovascular biology and development, cardiovascular physiology with focus on cardiac and smooth muscle cell contraction, cardiovascular disease genetics, regeneration of the cardiovascular system, lipid mediators and vascular inflammation, ischemic heart disease, hypertension, heart failure, and implications of diabetes and systemic inflammatory disorders on cardiovascular diseases. The course will be organized in 1-day modules to cover all above-mentioned topics. |
| Arbetsformer | The course is given full-time during a total of two weeks. The teaching is mainly in lecture/seminar form but also includes project work and practical parts, where lectures/group discussions and laboratory demonstrations are integrated. The group project is carried out in small groups focusing on different topics with a group presentation at the end of the course followed by open discussions. |
| Obligatoriska moment | Project work and attendance at the project presentation is compulsory as well as practical parts. In case of absence from theoretical parts, individual assignments have to be completed and then approved by the course organizers. |
| Examination | All the learning outcomes of the course have to be reached to pass the course. During oral presentations of the small-group project work special attention is given to that all students are actively participating. At the very end of the course, a short written exam will recapitulate the contents of the course. |
| Kurslitteratur och övriga läromedel | The course organizers will cooperate with the organizers of each course module, and will provide course participants with organized electronic and/or hardcopy handouts/teaching materials from all lectures. State-of-the-art reference literature for preparation of other learning activities will also be provided. | Kursansvarig |
Anton Gisterå Institutionen för medicin, Solna 0705378678 anton.gistera@ki.se Bioclinicum J8:20, Akademiska stråket 1 Karolinska University Hospital, Solna 17164 Stockholm |
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