Semester 2

Credit hours: 3 credit hours 
Prerequisite Course: Blood & blood diseases course
Staff coordinators: Dr. Salsabeel Kamal Balla
Course outlines: This is a longitudinal  course focuses on the broad overview of basic knowledge of immune system components and molecules and steps of activation in the various immunological reactions and diseases of the immune system and immune-based therapy.  
General objectives:

By the end of the course, a student will be able to:- 

Describe the basic concepts of immunology and its relevance to human health and disease: the normal structure and function of the immune system.  
 Identify the cellular and molecular basis of immune responsiveness
Describe the roles of the immune system in both maintaining health and contributing to disease
Discuss immunologic diseases from the perspective of principles, emphasizing their relation to normal immune responses.
Correlate immunopathologic processes with symptoms and signs of immunological disease.
Apply basic principles of immunology to understanding, diagnosing and treating human diseases.

1. Course Module  No. MDCR3101, Credit Hours: 4(3+1)  Semester: ll
2. Course Module Title : Digestive System.
3. Course Coordinator's Specialty: Physiology. 
4. Course Coordinator's Name :  Hanan Sid Ahmed Mohamed 
5. Course in perspective :
This course offers concise covering of anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology and pathology as well as clinical management. It provides Basic Structure and Function , Integrated Function and Disorders and Diseases as well as Diagnosis and Treatment .
    6. Learning Objectives
    On completion of this course the students shall:
_Identify & describe gross anatomical structures of the gastro intestinal system
_Identify & describe the microscopic features of the different parts of the GI tract (including: mouth, salivary glands, exocrine  pancreas,liver & biliary system).
 _Apply knowledge of the protective, secretary, digestive, absorptive & motility functions to explain & diagnose diseases of the gastrointestinal system.
_ become aware of major git disorder in adults & children.
7. Course contents: 
Anatomy
Anatomy of the buccal cavity
Anatomy of the pharynx and oesophagus
Anatomy of the stomach and intestine.
Anatomy of the pancreas, liver and gallbladder
Anatomy of the rectum and anal canal
Blood supply of the digestive system
Innervations of the digestive system
Physiology
Salivary secretion
Swallowing
Gastric secretions and motility
Secretions of the pancreas
Bile secretion and regulation of gallbladder function
Digestive process.
Absorption.
Motility of small and large bowel
Defecation reflex.
Biochemistry
The digestive enzymes
Mechanism of digestion 
Liver metabolism 
Bile salts
Pathology (Case studies and pathophysiology):
Peptic ulcer disease
Pancreatitis
Gall bladder disease

Microbiology
Upper gastrointestinal tract infections
Diarrheal diseases: epidemiology and prevention
Common parasites of gastrointestinal tract infections  
Medicine
    Medical treatment of peptic ulcer
Fibro-optic diagestics of the GI tract  
Paediatrics
Gastroenteritis 
Surgery 
     Intestinal obstruction (complications, pathophysiological correlations 
Radiography  
Radiographic investigations of the GI tract.
Soft tissue examination (ultrasound, CT and MRI)