UNZSRP014 Pathology and Pathological Physiology

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Eva Sehnálková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Veronika Slováček Hagenová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is conceived as a theoretical-practical one. It conveys to students a general understanding of the pathological processes in different tissues, organs and organ systems of the body. It covers the fields of pathology and pathophysiology. Students acquire basic knowledge of disease states and learn to understand the disease in relation to the human body.
The course describes the general part of the basic pathological processes in the cell and in tissues, individual technical terms are also used in the interpretation of special pathology, which describes the damage and disorders in certain organs or systems. The instruction also makes use of some basic concepts of clinical practice.
Having completed the course, students will be well versed in both general pathology (termination of the organism, causes of diseases, regressive and metabolic changes, , importance and progress of inflammation, progressive changes, foundations of tumorous diseases) as well as special pathology (with emphasis on the basic features of individual systems and the resulting disorders, and on the most important disease entities).
Learning outcomes
Professional Knowledge: Students can describe and explain the causes of diseases, their development, microscopic and macroscopic picture in relation to clinical manifestations
Professional Skills: Students can correctly identify and fixate biopsy material collected by a physician.
General Qualification: Students demonstrate the understanding of findings, ability to navigate the issues, deriving context; independent, coherent, logical and technically correct expression, use of technical terminology.
Competences: Students can correctly identify and fixate biopsy material collected by a physician.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Vymezení patologie; Uplatnění patologie v praxi, nekropsie, biopsie, cytologie. 2. Nemoc a její příčiny. 3. Zánik organismu, Regresivní a metabolické změny. 4. Zánět, progresivní změny. 5. Nádory, poruchy hormonální. 6. Poruchy oběhu krve a mízy. 7. Poruchy dýchacího ústrojí. 8. Poruchy tvorby a vylučování moči. 9. Poruchy činnosti trávicího ústrojí. 10. Poruchy vývoje, malformace, patologie novorozence, patologie těhotenství a mléčné žlázy. 11. Bioptická, nekrotická a cytologická laboratoř (demonstrace). 12. Zpracování histologického a cytologického materiálu. Základní a speciální barvení v patologii. 13. Optická (prakticky) a elektronová (teoreticky) mikroskopie v patologii. 14. Základy imunochemie a molekulární biologie. Rozpoznání základních tkání a chorobných procesů v histologickém praktiku. 15. Pitva – video.
Literature
    required literature
  • MAČÁK, J., MAČÁKOVÁ, J. Patologie. Praha: Grada, 2004. ISBN 80-247-0785-3. info
  • ANDRESOVÁ, A. Obecná patologie. Distanční studijní opora. [online]. c2012, posl. akt. srpen 2012 [cit. 2012-08-23]. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. Dostupné online z < http://elearning.fvp.slu.cz/course/view.php?id=261>.
  • ANDRESOVÁ, A. Speciální patologie. Distanční studijní opora. [online]. c2012, posl. akt. srpen 2012 [cit. 2012-08-23]. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. Dostupné online z < http://elearning.fvp.slu.cz/course/view.php?id=266>.
    recommended literature
  • BÁRTOVÁ, J. Přehled patologie. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, 2015. ISBN 978-80-246-2745-8. info
  • DVOŘÁČKOVÁ, J. Patologie v kostce. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2012. ISBN 80-7464-184-8. info
  • FAKAN, F. Přehled patologie pro bakalářské zdravotnické obory. . Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, 2005. ISBN 80-246-1054-X. info
Assessment methods
Fulfilment of 80% instruction attendance (students who could not attend compulsory instruction for serious reasons will be assigned an alternative way of fulfilling their study requirements), a written test as a condition of awarding credit, and a combined exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12se+18cv/sem.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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