Program of Medicine (English 30%)

At the end of this course, the students;

1. To be able to understand the structure, properties, classification of bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites; the relationship between humans and microorganisms, pathogenesis of infectious diseases and the diseases caused by microorganisms.
2. o be informed about the laboratory methods that used for the identification of bacteria, fungi and parasites.
3. o understand the mechanisms of action of chemotherapeutics and the mechanisms of resistance against these chemotherapeutics.
4. o evaluate the clinical cases by means of genetic disordes and to have ability of assessment of diagnostic tests.
5. o be informed about the general principles of cancer therapy which is based on tumor biology and kinetics.
6. o identify the basic mechanisms and morphological findings of cell injury and hemodynamic disorders and to associate them with clinical findings.
7. o identify the basic mechanisms and morphological findings of inflammation, neoplasia, infectious diseases, immune system disorders and to associate them with clinical findings.
8. o learn tumor antigens, cellular and humoral immunity against tumors, immunological diagnosis, cellular and humoral immunotherapy, tumor vaccines and antiangiogenic therapy.
9. To learn the basic steps and clinical importance of metastasis, cell-cell adhesion molecules, degradation of matrix, tumoral angiogenesis, tumor invasion, adhesion to extracellular matrix proteins, invasion to vessels, adhesion to endothelium and extravasation, angiogenesis in metastatic foci, metastaic phenotypes and organ specific metastases.
10. To learn the etiological factors, epidemiology of tumors; the differences between tumors of pediatrics and adults, clinical properties, basic principles of staging, cancer therapy and prognosis.
11. biological systems and the preventive measures from radiation.
12. To be able to describe the basic principles of pharmacology with pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic aspects, to explain the pharmaceutical forms and administration routes of drugs, the mechanisms and principle management strategies for drug intoxication.
13. To describe the new drug development strategies and basic pirinciples in autocoid pharmacology,

• Lecture
• Discussion
• Questions/Answers
• Case Study
• Problem Solving
• Experiment
• Presentation