Modules
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Introduction to Year 2 and Year Outcomes
- Cardiorespiratory 2
- Metabolism 2
- Brain and Behaviour 2
- Human Development 2
- Human Sciences and Public Health 2
- Locomotor 2
- Cancer Week
- Moving and Handling Training
- Year 2 Lifesaver Programme
- Clinical Communication Skills
- Medicine in Society 2
- Extended Patient Contact
- Student Selected Component (SSC)
- Year 3
- Introduction to Year 3 and Year Outcomes
- Clinical Science and Professionalism (Weeks 1-3)
- Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Haematology (CR3)
- Gastroenterology and Cancer (MET3A)
- Public Health
- Endocrinology and Renal Medicine (MET3B)
- General Practice and Community Care
- Student Selected Component (SSC)
- Clinical and Communication Skills
- Year 4
- Introduction and Year 4 Outcomes
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Child Health
- HIV & Sexual Health
- Musculoskeletal
- Health Care of the Elderly
- Neuroscience
- Dermatology
- General Practice and Community Care
- Psychiatry
- Ear, Nose and Throat
- Global Health and Ethics
- Ophthalmology
- Clinical & Communication Skills
- Student Selected Component (SSC)
- Year 5
- Introduction to Year 5 and Year Outcomes
- Teaching Week 1
- Teaching Week 2
- Anaesthesia & ITU (AN & ITU)
- Breaking Bad News
- Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- Community Care
- Doctors as Teachers and Educators (DATE)
- Emergency Medicine (EMERG MED)
- General (Internal) Medicine (G(I)M)
- Immediate Life Support (ILS)
- Student Assistantship
- Simulation
- Surgery
- Student Selected Component (SSC)
- Year GEP 1
Year 2 MET2: Metabolism 2
- Dr Mark Roberts
- mark.roberts@qmul.ac.uk
Teaching Material for this Module
Introduction
Aims of the module
- To consider some fundamentals of nutrition and how nutrient intake can determine health and disease.
- To further define and describe the function and structure of the liver and biliary system in health and some common disorders.
- To describe the role and sources of ‘ non-reproductive ‘ hormones and to understand the pathophysiology of some common endocrine disorders.
- To define and describe the function and structure of the kidney with particular reference to excretory function and salt & water handling in health and some common disorders.
Index
- General Outcomes for Renal and Urinary System
- General Outcomes for Endocrine System
- Nutrition and Malnutrition
- Disorders of the Thyroid
- General Outcomes for Renal and Urinary System
- Medical knowledge: ANATOMY (TD 8.1)
- Renal System and Urinary Tract
- Medical knowledge: PATHOLOGY (TD 8.7)
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General Pathology
- Know the methods available for the assessment of acid-base balance in patients
- To understand the pathogenesis and common causes of: a) respiratory acidosis b) respiratory alkalosis c) metabolic acidosis d) metabolic alkalosis
- To recognise the biochemical changes associated with the above disorders and how the body attempts to compensate
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General Pathology
- Medical knowledge: ANATOMY (TD 8.1)
- General Outcomes for Endocrine System
- Medical knowledge: ANATOMY (TD 8.1)
- Pituitary Gland
- The Adrenal Glands
- Pancreas
- Hepatobiliary System
- Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands
- Epithelia and Glands
- Medical knowledge: PHYSIOLOGY (TD 8.2)
- Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland
- Medical knowledge: ANATOMY (TD 8.1)
- Nutrition and Malnutrition
- General Outcomes for Nutrition and Malnutrition
- Give examples of water-soluble vitamins and list the principal function common to B vitamins
- Describe the clinical syndromes associated with deficiencies of the water-soluble vitamins B1 (thiamin), B6, B12 and folate
- Discuss the role of vitamins (and trace elements) as antioxidants
- Give examples of important trace elements present in the diet within the context of clinical features of their deficiencies
- Discuss the pathological and psychosocial consequences of obesity
- General Outcomes for Nutrition and Malnutrition
- Disorders of the Thyroid
- General Outcomes for Disorders of the Thyroid
