TV5110 - Systemic Pathology
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | School of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences |
Available to graduate students with a degree in Veterinary Science (other appropriately trained graduates may enrol at the discretion of the Director of the Australian Institute of Tropical Veterinary and Animal Science).
This subject covers the essential concepts of the pathobiology of the various body systems using examples from human and veterinary medicine.
Learning Outcomes
- appreciate the complexity of disease and the role of predisposing factors;
- describe the major diseases affecting particular body systems;
- relate structural changes to functional ones and suggest which laboratory procedures might be appropriate for diagnosis;
- understand how one or several injurious agents cause these diseases and how each disease progresses.
| Prerequisites: | TV5010 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | PP3251 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2009 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Professor Phillip Summers. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (70%); other exams (30%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.