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Medical and Nursing Science Principles

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Medical and Nursing Science Principles
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Applied Health Sciences, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2023
Module code: AGW23.1
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P311-0265, P311-0266
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
6V (6 hours per week, accumulated)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
12
Semester: 1
Duration: 2 semester
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Examination achievement

[updated 30.10.2023]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

AGW23.1 (P311-0265, P311-0266) Applied Health Sciences, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2023 , semester 1, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
90 class hours (= 67.5 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 360 hours (equivalent to 12 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 292.5 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
AGW23.11 Health and Environment
AGW23.14 Care Management and Evidence-Based Practice
AGW23.17
AGW23.18
AGW23.19


[updated 04.09.2023]
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Anne-Kathrin Cassier-Woidasky
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Anne-Kathrin Cassier-Woidasky
Dr. Bärbel Heidtmann


[updated 02.01.2024]
Learning outcomes:
23.1.1: Basics of medicine
 
   
 
After successfully completing this module, students will:
• be able to describe the basic structure of the human body and its organ systems
• be able to present and label the structure of the human body and its organ systems on the 3-D model or on the basis of anatomical sketches
 
• know the basic tissue types in the adult human body
• know the terms of the Terminologia anatomica that are most important for the content of the course
• be able to name the vital parameters derived from physiological principles as well as physiological and pathological threshold values at different ages of life
 
• be able to describe the basic anatomical structures, biochemical principles and physiological processes related to the cardiovascular system, nervous system, gastrointestinal tract and endocrine system with technical terminology independently reproduce contents of scientific module-related texts/textbook texts
 
 
• be able to apply their basic knowledge of anatomical structures, basic biochemical knowledge and physiological processes to the understanding of aphysiological processes
 
 
  
 
After successfully completing this module, students will:
• be able to combine their theoretical and methodological knowledge of anatomy and physiology in the practical context of their professional field
• be able to apply technical terminology as appropriate to the situation
• be able to use a variety of teaching media, such as scientific literature, online encyclopedias, anatomical models, medical teaching charts, and virtual 3-D models
  
• be able to develop their own subject-related questions
 
  
 
After successfully completing this module, students will:
• be able to adopt a reflective and critical attitude towards information and doctrines
• accept that new knowledge is constantly being gained in the field of health sciences and that continuous knowledge acquisition is necessary in order to identify tasks and problems for their future professional field
 
 
 
  
 
After successfully completing this module, students will:
• be able to present the results of their own research within teaching/learning situations at a scientific/technical level
• be able to deal respectfully and empathically with different people, their views and attitudes
• be able to deal critically with different sources and prevailing doctrines in the field of life sciences
 
• be able to critically discuss existing information and prevailing doctrines with their fellow students
 
 
Module 23.1.2: Basics of Nursing and Therapy Sciences
 
Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing this module, students will:  
 
    
 
   
• be able to trace the historical development of the nursing and therapeutic sciences
• be able to identify the contribution of nursing and therapy sciences in the interdisciplinary context of health sciences
   
• be familiar with the subject areas, basic concepts and tasks of nursing and therapy sciences in science, research and practice
  
• be familiar with the central tasks and competencies of professional nursing and be able to describe the boundaries and interfaces to other professions and to non-professional nursing care
 
• be able to outline the systematics of health professions
• be able to evaluate the professionalization and academization of health professions critically
• be able to identify areas of work for health care professionals in a variety of settings (e.g., nursing/physical and occupational therapy; e.g., inpatient acute and long-term care, rehabilitation facilities, and/or outpatient care)
 
  
• be able to describe models of coping with illness (Corbin and Strauss, Kübler-Ross) and illustrate them with selected examples
 
• be able to illustrate the interaction of illness and biography with examples
• be able to define and explain the concept of assistance and need for care
• be familiar with providing care in the event of the need for assistance and/or care across the lifespan
• be able to discuss the opportunities, limitations and challenges of interprofessional collaboration in health care
 
• be able to describe the interdisciplinary cooperation of health care professionals using the example of selected clinical conditions (e.g. dementia, CHD, apoplexy, frailty in old age)
 
• be able to deal with the future challenges facing health care professions
 
   
• be able to identify opportunities, as well as requirements for involving other health professions
 
  
• be willing and open for the interprofessional cooperation of all health care professions
 
• be able to integrate professionally acquired knowledge in a targeted manner in cooperation with professionals and laypersons
 
• be able to develop case and situation-based solution-oriented approaches to improve the health situation of individuals and/or populations in interprofessional collaborations
 
• be able to discuss and challenge common societal stereotypes of nursing and therapy professions (e.g., "anyone can provide nursing care")
 
 
   
• know their role and position in the system of health care professions and be able to assume it competently
• value the health-related contributions of other health professions and related sciences to individuals and populations
 
 
 
23.1.3: Selected clinical conditions
 
Learning outcomes:
 
After successfully completing this module, students will:
 
    
 
   
• understand and be able to explain basic concepts of general and specific pathology
• be able to link their understanding of the clinical conditions discussed in the module with their knowledge of anatomy and physiology, i.e. students will be familiar with the basic histopathological, pathoanatomical and pathophysiological mechanisms for the development of selected clinical conditions
 
 
• be able to describe important selected diseases with their etiology, pathogenesis, diagnostic possibilities, symptoms, therapy options and complications
  
• be familiar with basic medical diagnostic methods
• be able to independently reproduce the content of scientific module-related texts/textbook texts
• have developed a basic understanding of the treatment of morbid patients at different ages of life
 
   
 
After successfully completing this module, students will:  
• be able to link their theoretical knowledge of general and specialized pathology with the future practical application in their field of work.
 
• be able to develop their own subject-related questions
 
  
 
After successfully completing this module, students will:
• adopt a reflective and critical attitude towards medical information and doctrines
• accept that new knowledge is constantly being gained in the field of health sciences and that it is necessary to continuously acquire knowledge in order to understand clinical conditions in their entirety and draw conclusions from this with regard to tasks and problems for their future professional field.
 
 
 
  
 
After successfully completing this module, students will:
• be able to present the results of their own research at a professional level
• be able to deal respectfully and empathically with different people, their views, attitudes and illnesses
• be able to deal critically with different sources and prevailing doctrines in the field of life sciences
• be able to engage in critical discourse with their peers about professional information and prevailing doctrines
 
• communicate relevant information about clinical conditions to ill people and convey this information in an appropriate manner to the respective addressee
 
 


[updated 30.10.2023]
Module content:
23.1.1: Basics of medicine
 
• Basics of human anatomy, physiology and biology
• Cells and tissues in the human body
• Overview of organ systems, structural principles in the human body
• Terminology, medical terminology, terminologia anatomica
• chemical basics of relevant elements, bulk and trace elements
• Anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system
• Anatomy and physiology of the nervous system
• Anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal tract
• Biochemical structure of nutrients
• Overview of the endocrine system with hypothalamic-pituitary axis and regulation of hormones in regulatory circuits based on the example of the thyrotropic regulatory circuit.
 
• Human vital signs
 
 
Module 23.1.2: Basics of Nursing and Therapy Sciences
 
• Historical development of nursing and therapy sciences
• The position of nursing and therapy sciences in the field of health sciences
• Subject areas, basic concepts and tasks of nursing and therapy sciences in science, research and practice
 
• Classification of the health professions
• Professionalization and academization of health professions
• Fields of work for health care professionals in a variety of settings (e.g., nursing/physical and occupational therapy; e.g., inpatient acute and long-term care, rehabilitation facilities, and/or outpatient care)
  
• Models of coping with illness (e.g. trajectory model according to Corbin and Strauss, model of coping with illness according to Kübler-Ross)
 
• Illness and biography
• Definition of assistance and need for care
• Care in case of need for assistance and/or care over the lifespan
• Chances, limits and challenges of interprofessional cooperation in health care
 
• Interdisciplinary cooperation of health care professionals based on the example of selected clinical conditions (e.g. dementia, CHD, apoplexy, frailty of old age)
 
• Future challenges facing the health professions
 
 
23.1.3: Selected clinical conditions
 
• Overview of general pathology
• Concepts of general and special pathology
• Overview and basics of relevant medical diagnostics, e.g. physical basics of instrumental diagnostics such as radiation, sound/ultrasound
 
• Examples of important clinical conditions related to specific occupational fields:
o Diseases of the cardiovascular system: CHD/myocardial infarction, hypertension, heart failure
o Neurological and psychiatric diseases/psychiatric disorders, apoplexy, depression, overview of different forms of dementia
 
o Overview of diseases of the musculoskeletal system, example disease from the rheumatic group, rheumatoid arthritis
 
o Example of endocrine diseases, diabetes
o Examples of infectious diseases
 
Overview of the development, treatment and classification of neoplasms


[updated 30.10.2023]
Teaching methods/Media:
Blended learning

[updated 30.10.2023]
Recommended or required reading:
Will be announced at the beginning of the module.

[updated 30.10.2023]
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