Program Overview

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General Pathology Program

Introduction

The General Pathology program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental principles of pathology. The program covers various aspects of pathology, including cell damage, adaptation, healing, inflammation, and tumor development.

Program Details

Basic data

• Course code: 2TL056
• Course name: General pathology
• Higher education credits: 3.5
• Form of education: University education, 2007 curriculum
• Main field: Other subjects
• Level: GX - Basic level
• Grade scale: Fail (U) or pass (G)
• Department responsible for the course: Department of Laboratory Medicine
• Decision-making body: Education board DENTMED
• The course plan is valid from: Fall semester 2021

Special authorization

To be eligible for the program, students must have a passing grade in the course Oral biomedicine 1 and a passing grade in the modules Organsystems anatomy, histology and physiology 1, Organsystems anatomy, histology and physiology 2, and Anatomy: Head/Neck in the course Organsystems structure and function.

Goal

Upon completing the program, students will be able to:

• Describe the basic pathophysiological processes
• Explain the mechanisms of onset and progression of diseases relevant to the dental profession

Contents

The program begins with a general section on disease processes related to cell damage, adaptation, healing, inflammation, and tumor development. The subsequent organ-specific section focuses on pathological changes in the skeleton, circulatory organs, respiratory organs, blood, digestive tract, urogenital and endocrine organs, and skin. Through group work with patient cases, aspects of disease pathogenesis are integrated with symptoms, treatment, and etiology.

Forms of work

The program includes lectures, seminars, and group work.

Examination

• Examination: Written examination
• Mandatory: Seminar and group work with oral and written presentation
• The examiner assesses whether and how absence from compulsory educational components can be made up. Before the student has participated in the compulsory educational components or made up for absence in accordance with the examiner's instructions, the study results cannot be finalized. Absence from a compulsory educational component may mean that the student cannot make up for the occasion until the next time the course is given.

Transitional provisions

If the program is discontinued or undergoes significant changes, an examination will be offered according to the previous literature list and learning objectives for a maximum of one academic year after the revision/discontinuation.

Bibliography and other teaching aids

Compulsory literature

• Kumar, Vinay, Robbins basic pathology, Kumar, Vinay; Abbas, Abul K.; Aster, Jon C.; Robbins, Stanley L., 10th ed. : Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier Science Health Science, 2017 - 928 pp. ISBN: , LIBRIS-ID:

Recommended reading

• Rubin, Emanuel; Reisner, Howard M., Principles of Rubin's pathology, Seventh edition. : Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, [2019] - 938 pages ISBN: , LIBRIS-ID: fpvl27khcrv8j457,