Exercise in the management and prevention of metabolic diseases, 1.5 credits
Träning som ett medel för att förebygga och behandla metabola sjukdomar, 1.5 hp- Course code
- 4BI040
- Course name
- Exercise in the management and prevention of metabolic diseases
- Credits
- 1.5 credits
- Form of Education
- Higher Education, study regulation 2007
- Main field of study
- Not applicable
- Level
- AV - Second cycle
- Grading scale
- Pass, Fail
- Department
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery
- Decided by
- Programnämnden för biomedicinprogrammen
- Decision date
- 2009-02-03
- Course syllabus valid from
- Spring 2009
Specific entry requirements
At least grade E at all courses on term 1 and at least 10 ECTS from courses at term 2.
Objectives
Participants will be able to explain the health-related benefits of exercise from a physiological perspective.
Content
The aim of this course is to address the current understanding of the role of exercise in the prevention and treatment of diseases associated with an increasingly aging sedentary population. Lectures will cover the metabolic, physiological and molecular responses to exercise in health and disease. A current understanding of the basic molecular and cellular events governing the acute and chronic exercise response will be provided. Adaptation of skeletal and cardiac muscle and the cardiovascular system to exercise will be considered. Topics include strategies for exercise prescription in various clinical situations including: the care and prevention of congestive heart failure and other cardiac disorders, diabetes, obesity, musculoskeletal disorders, and frailty.
Teaching methods
This course will be composed of interactive seminars, lectures, laboratory practicals, group work, group presentations and discussion.
Examination
Students will be assessed by their group presentation (10 min). In addition to this, each student will make a written summary of the specific research project in wich he/she was participating. Laboratory practicals and group works are compulsory. Students that are not able to attend to a part of the course, as a compensation, could do a self-study and write an essay on the topic(s) that they have missed. Compulsory attendance: A student who does not pass the examination on the first occasion is offered a maximum of five additional opportunities to sit the examination. If a student has not passed the examination after a total of four attempts then it is recommended that the student retake the whole course at the next opportunity. Following this the student is permitted to sit the examination on another two occasions. A student who fails the examination on six occasions is not permitted to sit the examination again or to retake the course. Participation in an examination is defined as an occasion on which a student attends an examination, even if the student submits a blank examination paper. If a student has registered to sit an examination, but does not attend the examination, this is not defined as participation in the examination.
Transitional provisions
After each course occasion there will be at least 6 occasion for the examination within a 2-year period from the end of the course.
Other directives
The course language is English.