Endocrinology

Uitgebreide vaknaam	Endocrinology
Leerdoelen	At the end of the course, the student is able to: 1. To explain how the endocrine systems work and how they adapt to different circumstances 2. find relevant scientific literature about an endocrine subject 3. To understand relevant literature on an endocrine subject 4. To report (in written) on an endocrine subject
Omschrijving	The course consist of lectures and writing an essay. In the lectures, we will focus on various endocrine systems and how they influence the individuals physiology. Endocrine systems that we focus on will amongst others be: - Thyroid and parathyroid - Hormones of the gastrointestinal tract - Hormones of the pancreas - Hormones of the adrenal gland - Endocrinology of reproduction Next to this we will focus on how endocrine systems adapt to different circumstances, such as exercise or stress, but also to pregnancy. Human reproduction will be taught in more detail, since we will focus on the development of the human placenta (the biggest endocrine organ) and we will look into differences in placentas in different animals. The changes in endocrine systems during pregnancy will be discussed as well as the development of male and female sex organs. We will try to schedule 1 or 2 clinical lectures, in which clinicians show endocrinology from the clinical site. Essay: all students write an essay on an endocrine subject. Essays will be written in couples. Students can choose from a list of subjects or bring in their own subject. In the beginning of the course, students can register for a subject via nestor. All essays will be published on the website as an online book.
Uren per week
Onderwijsvorm	Hoorcollege (LC), Opdracht (ASM), Werkcollege (T) (Traditional lecture 21 hrs, Tutorial: lectuer on writing essay and searching literature 2 hrs, Assignment: Writing an essay 54 hrs, and Self study 63 hrs.)
Toetsvorm	Meerkeuze toets (MC), Opdracht (AST) (Multiple choice exam (60%), Essay (40%). Both exam and essay need to be above 5.5)
Vaksoort	bachelor
Coördinator	dr. M.M. Faas
Docent(en)	prof. dr. E.J.M.M. Arts ,dr. M.M. Faas ,prof. dr. T. Plosch ,prof. dr. A.J.W. Scheurink
Verplichte literatuur	Titel Auteur ISBN Prijs Handouts will be put on nester (lecture sheets)
Entreevoorwaarden
Opmerkingen	The course units assumes prior knowlegde and skills, acquired from the following other course units and/or degree programmes : Physiology (1ste year biology) Other (guest) lecturers: Prof Dr T.P. Links, Dr van der Werf, Dr Smink, Prof Dr J.J.H.M. Erwich, Dr E.G.J.M. Arts Capacity max: 100 students
Opgenomen in	Opleiding Jaar Periode Type BSc Biology: major Behaviour and Neurosciences 2 semester II a keuzegroep BSc Biology: major Biomedical Sciences 2 semester II a keuzegroep BSc LS&T: major Behaviour and Neurosciences (cohort 2018 and 2019) 2 semester II a keuzegroep BSc LS&T: major Biomedical Sciences (cohort 2018 and 2019) 2 semester II a keuzegroep