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A Biochemistry of Human Disease course for undergraduate and graduate students
Institution:1. Department of Environmental Studies for Advanced Society, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, 6-6-20 Aramaki-aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 9808579, Japan;2. Research Center, Technical Division, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (JAPEX), 1-2-1 Hamada, Mihama-ku, Chiba-City, Chiba 2610025, Japan
Abstract:This paper describes the experience of members of a medical school faculty who have been offering for more than 10 years a two-course series in the biochemistry of human disease to undergraduate students majoring in biochemistry, biology, or chemistry. Each of the two 3-credit courses meets twice a week for 90 min per session. The courses are divided into five three-week blocs (total number of sessions per bloc, six), each of which is taught by a different instructor. The sixth and last class in each of the blocs is devoted to an exam; there is no cumulative final exam. The topics that are covered include the following: diabetes mellitus, alcoholism, Alzheimer's disease, trophoblastic diseases of pregnancy, molecular and cellular mechanisms of cancer (including chemical carcinogenesis), disorders of calcium metabolism, biochemical and nutritional causes of anemia, collagen diseases, and gene replacement therapy. The various teaching formats and kinds of reading assignments that are used are discussed, as are the reactions of selected faculty who have participated in these courses. The positive experience we have had with a bloc approach to topics-based, multi-instructor courses in human disease should encourage basic science faculty at other medical schools in the US and elsewhere to become involved in teaching specialized, advanced courses to undergraduate, pre-professional students.
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