Course overview
Essentials of Pathology is designed to present students with essential concepts of pathological processes and altered health states. The course looks in depth at a wide variety of common pathological conditions. General topics covered include the nature and causes of cell injury and death, adaptive cellular changes, inflammation, healing and repair, thrombosis and infarction, shock, and neoplasia. More detailed attention is given to cardiovascular pathology and cerebrovascular pathology, gastrointestinal diseases, bone and joint diseases and common cancers. Clinical scenarios within each module correlate the anatomical pathology with major clinical symptoms and signs. In addition to lectures, workshops provide an opportunity for students to examine macroscopic specimens and histopathology images illustrating the pathology covered in lectures.
Course learning outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of essential basic pathological processes including inflammation, atherosclerosis and neoplasia
- Acquire the ability to relate these basic pathological processes to the pathogenesis of common diseases
- Gain knowledge and understanding of the predisposing factors, pathogenesis, potential complications and clinical features of these common diseases
- Recognise and describe basic macroscopic and microscopic features of both basic pathological processes and selected diseases using the correct terminology
- Correlate clinical features with the causes, mechanisms and treatment of disease
- Critically analyse and interpret information from a wide variety of sources