91ÁÔÆæ

Week 2 MUSE (9/6 & 9/8) -- 9/8 update

This will be the last time I print the weekly outline for you. In future, you must get this online (). Please check the course  website at least twice per week to get this information. Thank you. ...BBG...

  1. Logistics
    1. Library Plagiarism Tutorial  (See Week 1 for details( 
      1. I did it over the weekend. It was very good, but took me longer than expected. 
      2. It contained errors about citations using APA styl (Author, Year). [Reference style was correct.]
    2. Addendum to the Week 1 outline reflects comments, lecture, and materials from last Th.. Click here if you want to see the Addendum.
  2. Introduction to Pathology (Lectures) -- I began this lecture this past Thursday. Here's copy of my lecture outline:
    1. Define the following terms: anatomy, physiology, pathology, epidemiology, pathophysiology. 
    2. Pathology can be studied at multiple levels (Social > individual > cellular > biochemical > molecular)
    3. Name the three general types of causal factors.
    4. What is an agent? 
    5. What are the three types of disease causing agents? 
    6. List [the four main] types of biological agents.
    7. List the [three] types of physical agents.
    8. List the [four] types of chemical agents.
    9. What is a host factor? 
    10. What is an environmental factor?
    11. List four types of environmental factors.
    12. What is "causal interaction"? How does this related to multi-causality. 
    13. Physiologic systems (discuss form and function) - integument, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine / metabolic, nervous, digestive, urinary, reproductive, sense organs, immune, have I fogotten any?
    14. Learning pathology
      1. General pathology: disease processes
        1. inflammation (the body's response to injury -- physical signs, molecular processes)
        2. infection -- infectious disease process: agent, reservoir, portals, transmission, host factors
        3. tumor -- oncogensis (host and environmental factors)
        4. trauma -- physical, chemical, biological
      2. System pathology -- each body system dysfunctions in a particular way 
    15. Building knowledge (see article by Underwood, 2004, p. 8) 
  3. Underwood (2004) Questions about reading assignment:  --full reference for last week's handout is Underwood, J. C. E. (2004). Chapter 1: Introduction to pathology in General and systematic Pathology. London: Churchill Livingstone. 
  4. HW
    1. Scan pp. 107 - 471 in your  text (Rosen, 1993) to see if something catches your fancy. Read pp. 53 - 105 as background to our research.
    2. Make sure last week's assignments are completed (Library tutorial, Pathology reading, APA style reference printout)

Thursday 9/8/05 Addendum 

  1. I mentioned that we should start thinking about the midterm. It is currently scheduled for 10/25, but it may be a good idea to move it up so that we can limit the amount of material on the test to material covered so far. No precise date for a move was given, but we should be thinking in terms of 3 or so weeks from now. Study groups will be formed. 

  2. Reading tips

q       Read to learn (not just to fulfill an obligation); read for comprehension rather than speed

q       Stay focused and read in small portions

q       Look up words that you do not understand (medical dictionary, medical reference, regular dictionary)

q       Make notes as you read -- highlight sparsely, and with care; write in margins; write questions on post-its or index cards; use arrows, diagrams, timelines and other visuals to aid memory

q       Keep your place accurately (use sticky notes)

q       Tie the reading you just did to one other thing that you know already (This could be something you did previously in that same class; something that you know from another class; something from your own life (this last point seemed to strike a cord with the class)

q       Review what you�ve read a few hours or a day after reading it to test comprehension -- i

q       Read for details (the main ideas will come by themselves) 

q       Think for yourself (you are not kids anymore)