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Course Specifications
1. Course Information
Title: Chest, Heart diseases and
Intensive Care
Teaching Hours: 3 H/W
2013\2014
Specialization:
Lectures:
Code: 30104
2. Overall aims:
By successful completion of the course the student should be able to:
Explain the physiological and medical basics concerning cardiopulmonary diseases and
disorders.
Introduce the most recent techniques used in cardiopulmonary evaluation.
Develop thorough knowledge data base of professional and intellectual skills concerning the
management of patient with cardiopulmonary diseases.
Identify different cardiothoracic surgeries related to chest and heart diseases.
A6: Describe different cardiothoracic surgeries and its risks for chest and cardiac diseases.
b- Intellectual Skills:
4. Contents
Serial No.
1st week
2nd week
3th
week
4th week
5th week
6th week
7th week
8th week
Topic
Pulmonary functions
Bronchial asthma
Chronic obstructive lung diseases
Pleural diseases
Chest infection and malignancy
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Chest X-ray
Interstitial lung diseases
No. of hours/Week
Theoretical Applied
Total
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Lectures
Quizzes
Lectures handout
Not applicable
7- Student Assessment
a.Assessment methods
b.Assessment Schedule
Assessment
Week
Weekly
By the end of 6th week
By the end of 9th week
Quiz
Midterm written exam
Final written exam
c.
Weighting of Assessments
Mid-Term Examination
10 %
Final-term Examination
80
10 %
100 %
8- List of References
A. Course Notes
Handouts provided by
Dr. Hassan Shawky ( Heart Institute).
Ehrman JK., Bordon PM., Visich PS.,Keteyian SJ.(2003) Clinical exercise physiology .
C. Recommended Books
Course coordinator:
/ 2015