This course addresses the bridging module “Introduction to Principles in Medicine”. It is designed to equip students entering the Digital Health Program with an informatics/digital engineering background with core competencies in comprehending and evaluating health and disease. The course imparts a working knowledge in systems medicine, medical diagnostics and therapeutics, evidence-based medicine and good clinical practice, and health behavior. A second teaching block is designed to cover an introduction to biological processes of the healthy human body and of frequent diseases such as cardiovascular, neuropsychiatric, gastroenterological diseases and cancer; selected frequent clinical symptoms and preventive screening. Students will learn to comprehend, assess and apply health and disease-related information in making and communicating decisions in the digital health context.
Language: English
Course information
This course addresses the bridging module “Introduction to Principles in Medicine”. It is designed to equip students entering the Digital Health Program with an informatics/digital engineering background with core competencies in comprehending and evaluating health and disease. The course imparts a working knowledge in systems medicine, medical diagnostics and therapeutics, evidence-based medicine and good clinical practice, and health behavior. A second teaching block is designed to cover an introduction to biological processes of the healthy human body and of frequent diseases such as cardiovascular, neuropsychiatric, gastroenterological diseases and cancer; selected frequent clinical symptoms and preventive screening. Students will learn to comprehend, assess and apply health and disease-related information in making and communicating decisions in the digital health context.
Characteristics of Class Meetings/Lectures: Double block on Wednesday from 9:15am
Learning Objectives:
Understand the concepts, definitions, and terms differentiating health and disease in the practice of medicine
Ability to critically assess impact of health and disease topics in engineering and implementing digital solutions
Critically assess impact of medical challenges and opportunities in digital health context
Learn to make and communicate assessments and decisions of health and disease issues in development and implementation of digital health solutions
Ability to assess scope and sustainable benefits of digital tools, applications, and information in health behavior, prevention and management of disease
Course contents
Session 1, 18.10.23: Introduction for Health and Disease Core Competencies (Wieler, Antao):
Part I: General introduction to course Part II: Basic principles of health and diseaseSession 2, 25.10.23: Infectious diseases (Wieler, Antao):
Microbiology of pathogens, transmission and strategies for prevention and controlSession 3, 01.11.23: Chronic disease (Craciun):
Mental health as a global challengeSession 4, 8.11.23 : Health promotion and behaviour change (Wieler, Antao Craciun):
Understanding how to promote healthy behaviours and habitsSession 5, 15.11.23: Health inequities (Wieler, Antao, Näher):
Mental health as a global challengeSession 6, 22.11.23: Epidemiology and public health (Näher):
Understanding patterns, causes and control of diseases in communitiesSession 7, 29.11.23: Introduction to Medicine (Heyne):
-Anatomy, Physiology, Histology, Patho(physio)logy, PharmacologySession 8, 6.12.23: Fundamentals in medical diagnosis and therapy (Heyne)
Session 9, 13.12.23: Obesity and associated diseases (Heyne):
1 – diabetes 2 – cardiovascular diseasesSession 10, 20.12.23: Cancer & Abdominal Pain (Heyne)
Session 11, 10.01.24: Psychiatric and neurological diseases (Heyne)
Session 12, 17.01.24: Genetics and Medicine (Heyne)
Session 13, 24.01.24: Teamwork Presentations ONLINE (Wieler, Antao)