Course: Physiology

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Course title Physiology
Course code KOS/P2FYG
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Tošnerová Vlasta, doc. MUDr. CSc.
  • Blanař Vít, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Chovancová Kristýna, Mgr.
Course content
Basic parts of nutrition, metabolic demands of the organism. Malnutrition and the immune response. Dietics and enteral feed. Parenteral nutrition, diabetic on artificial nutrition. Obesity, weight reduction and antioxidants. Nutrition in pregnancy. Physiology of excretion. Physiology of mobility. Somatovisceral sensation, senses. Autonomic nervous system. Biorhythms. Thermoregulation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the physiological functions of tissues and organs and mechanisms that are applied in the management and maintenance of homeostasis. Introduces pathophysiological processes that have importance in the development of a number of diseases. Clinical nutrition focuses on the metabolic changes during starvation, the proportion of nutrition on the onset of lifestyle diseases, dietary recommendations and special procedures in the application of artificial nutrition.
Students acquire theoretical knowledge of the function and regulation of individual systems, including the necessary terminology. Will be able to infer basic clinical manifestations resulting from their failures and causes functional changes in the organism.
Prerequisites
unspecified
KOS/P1FYG

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Completion of compulsory attendance at the lectures and practicum sessions. Completion of a written test or oral examination according to the course guarantor's decision.
Recommended literature
  • GROFOVÁ, Z. Nutriční podpora: praktický rádce pro sestry. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2007.
  • LANGMEIER, M. a kol. Základy lékařské fyziologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2009.
  • MOUREK, J. Fyziologie. Učebnice pro studenty zdravotnických oborů. 2. dopl. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2012.
  • URBÁNEK, L.; URBÁNKOVÁ, P. Klinická výživa v současné praxi. 1. vyd. Brno: NCO NZO, 2008.
  • WARD, J. P. T.; LINDEN, R. W. A. Základy fyziologie. Praha: Galén, 2010.


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