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Basis of physiology (5 cr)

Code: GE00CO41-3003

General information


Enrollment

16.12.2019 - 10.01.2020

Timing

01.01.2020 - 22.05.2020

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Elderly Care

Teachers

  • Riitta Tenkanen-Salmela
  • Taina Lehtonen

Teacher in charge

Taina Lehtonen

Groups

  • GEKV19SM
    Elderly care, part-time studies

Objective

Basic body functions

Anatomy and physiology of body parts undergoing pathological changes while aging

Concepts and laws of preventing infections

Significance of infections to individuals and society

Content

Anatomy and physiology 2 ECTS credits:

Body functions and relationships between them

Circulation, respiration, digestive system and urination

Microbiology and infection disease and preventing of infections 3 ECTS credits:

Features of microbes

Infection

Immunology

Common infectious diseases

Infection preventing

Protection against infections, hygiene of hands

Methods of protection against infections

Evaluation scale

1-5