ORI2000 Pathology Course description

The field of pathology deals with how different diseases and injuries change cells and tissue, thereby also changing the functioning of the tissue, organs and body. This course places emphasis on medical conditions and processes that prosthetists encounter in their professional practice. An introduction is also given to relevant forms of treatment from other health professions.

In this course, particular focus is on the following medical conditions and processes: diseases of the musculoskeletal system, rheumatic diseases, neurological diseases, cardiac diseases, vascular diseases, mental illness, infectious diseases, endocrine diseases, skin disorders including pressure sores, oncology, congenital pathology and lifestyle diseases.

The student must have passed the first year of the programme or equivalent.

Knowledge

The student

• can explain special pathology relevant to prosthetics and orthotics focusing on occurrence, aetiology, pathological processes, symptoms and clinical signs
• can explain injury mechanisms, and inflammatory and healing processes
• can describe the principles underlying other healthcare professions’ treatment of relevant medical conditions
• can describe war injuries and consequential conditions

The work and teaching methods in the course include self-study, lectures and digital learning resources.

None.

Supervised individual written exam - a combination of multiple choice and free text assignments, 2 hours.

No aids permitted.

Grade scale A-F.

An external examiner contributes to preparing the exam questions. Free text assignment: At least 20 % of the exam papers will be assessed by one external and one internal examiner. The external examiner's assessment should benefit all the students. The remaining papers will be assessed by internal examiners. Each answer paper is quality assured by an internal examiner and automatically assessed

• 10 credits overlap with the course ORTO2400 Pathology.