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Titel Age, Ageing and Cardiovascular Health
Kursnummer 5690
Program Kardiovaskulär forskning
Språk Engelska
Antal högskolepoäng 1.5
Datum 2023-10-09 -- 2023-10-13
Kursansvarig institution Institutionen för medicin, Solna
Särskild behörighet
Kursens syfte The aim of this course is to offer participants interested in vascular diseases an overview of the effect of age and aging on the vascular wall and the clinical readouts. We will go through the spectrum of vascular modifications that characterize healthy aging and those that associates to cardiovascular diseases, from coronary heart disease to vascular pathologies.
Kursens lärandemål Upon completion of the course, the participants should be able to: 1) understand the difference between healthy aging and age related disease; 2) describe the pathophysiology of the most common cardiovascular diseases related to aging; 3) discuss the concept of frailty and 4) show an insight into the application of concept learned in their current and future research
Kursens innehåll The course will cover an introductory lecture on vascular biology in the elderly from physiology to pathology. It will then cover the manifestations of aging in the heart, large vessels and the brain. One day will be devoted to discuss the concept of frailty and the interventions to de-frail elderly patients
Arbetsformer The course will be based on the reverse classroom model. Students will read selected papers in the morning that will be discussed with the teacher in the early afternoon. The student will be asked to prepare questions based on the articles they have read in the morning. The afternoon activities will include lectures, seminars given by a researcher expert in the field and group discussions on selected topics.
Obligatoriska moment Attendance to the seminars and group work and discussion is mandatory as the discussion is part of the examination. The final written exam is also mandatory.
Examination In order to pass the course, each participant needs to prove that s/he has reached the previously indicated learning outcomes of the course. The final grade (pass or fail) will be based on written exam written exam where the students have to write a short aessay on one topic related to the course content. Please note that the exam will be written at KI during the course hours on the last day of the course.
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Several papers will be read and discussed during the course and will also be part of the literature.
Antal studenter 8 - 20
Urval av studenter Selection will be based on 1) the relevance of the course syllabus for the applicant's doctoral project (according to written motivation), 2) start date of doctoral studies (priority given to earlier start date)
Övrig information The course will be held at Karolinska Institutet Solna.
Ytterligare kursledare
Senaste kursvärdering Not available
Kursansvarig Bruna Gigante
Institutionen för medicin, Solna

Bruna.Gigante@ki.se
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