Graduate Course CMM5001
CMM 5001 - The Pathological Basis of Disease Course - Winter term 2020
Coordinator: Dr. Adolfo J. de Bold.
Undergraduate Program and Office Coordinator: Palm Office
Course begins January 8 and ends April 1 – Three-hour long lectures on Wednesday (09:00 h - 12:00 h)
Lecture room: Roger Guindon Hall, room 2111
Teaching support: Eric Labelle: 613 562 5800 Ext 8332
Winter 2020 Lecture Schedule
CMM 5001 - The Pathological Basis of Disease Course - Winter 2020
Coordinator: Dr. Adolfo J. de Bold. (adebold@bell.net)
Office Coodinator: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. (palm.office@uottawa.ca) – (613) 562 5422
Course begins January 8 and ends April 1 – Three-hour long lectures on Wednesday (09:00 h - 12:00 h)
Lecture room: Roger Guindon Hall, room 2111
Teaching support: Eric Labelle: 613 562 5800 Ext 8332
Lecture
Date
Room
Topic
Professor
January
1st Lecture
January 8
RGN 2111
Intro to General Path
Dr. Rudolf W. Mueller
2nd Lecture
January 15
RGN 2111
Cell and tissues
Dr. Safaa El-Bialy
4th lecture
January 29
RGN 2111
Gynecological Pathology
Dr. Aurelia Busca
February
5th Lecture
February 5
RGN 2111
Neoplasia
Dr. Petkiewicz
3rd Lecture February 12 RGN 2111 Methods in Pathology Dr. Mercedes L. Kuroski
6th Lecture
February 19
RGN 2111
Cardiovascular
Dr. John P. Veinot
7th Lecture
February 26
RGN 2111
Hematopathology
Dr. Hakan Buyukdere
March
8th Lecture
March 4 RGN 2111 Genetic diseases Dr. Joseph de Nanassy 9th Lecture
March 11
RGN 2111
Endocrine
Dr. Qiao Li
10th Lecture March 18 RGN 2111 Gastrointestinal
**CANCELLED**
Dr. Fawaz Halwani 11th Lecture March 25 RGN 2111 Molecular Pathology
**RESCHEDULED**
Dr. Lucas Bronicki
April
12th Lecture
April 1
Zoom
Issues in Toxicological Pathology
**Zoom meeting**
Dr. Collin Rousseaux
Lecture April 8 Zoom Molecular Pathology
**Zoom meeting**
Dr. Lucas Bronicki On or before
April 8
Professors submit a question each to adebold@bell.net
for student’s take-home essay
April 9
Students are given questions
April 19
Students’ deadline for submitting essays to adebold@bell.net
April 26
Professors’ deadline for sending marks to adebold@bell.net
General bibliography
General bibliography
The type of course that you are taken is best grounded in classic General Pathology textbooks.
- Robbins Basic Pathology by Ramzi S. Cotran, Stanley L. Robbins, Vinay Kumar , , 7th Edition» W.B. Saunders Company | ISBN: 0721692745
- Cells, Tissues, and Disease: Principles of General Pathology by Guido Majno and Isabelle Joris, 2nd ed, 1005 pp, ISBN 0-19-514090-7, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Essential Pathology Emanuel Rubin Rubin Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 3rd Edition ISBN: 0-7817-2395-7
A search for histology textbooks in the internet will retrieve many excellent books, some of which come or are CDs with microscopic images of cells and tissues
Suggested Essay Analysis
SUGGESTED ESSAY ANALYSIS
OVERALL EVALUATION/
COMPONENTS
BELOW EXPECTATION
(<B)
WITHIN EXPECTATION
(Bs-As)
OUTSTANDING
(As)
% POINTS
ASSIGNED
EARNED
Structure
Title
Absent or poor wording
Descriptive
Attention grabbing but restrained
Introduction
Difficult to follow, little depth
Gives required information and relevance
Gives required information, relevance and entices to read on
Source of citations
Poorly referenced, internet, textbook, class notes
References original articles, evidence of literature search
Rich in historic and current literature on the subject
Discussion
Within the obvious
Distills the literature and gives outlook
Sums up concepts and gives relevance to subject and related areas
Conclusion
Little or no maturation
Gives specific points arrived at through Discussion
Gives implications for subject and beyond
Essay presentation
Spelling, punctuation, grammar
Errors in basic language
A few errors
Practically free of errors
Physical structure, length
Does not follow instructions
Follows instructions
Follows instructions with added material if necessary
Answer to question
OVERALL
Partial
Complete
Beyond expectations
100
Grading Scale
Essays are graded according to the alpha-numeric scale. The grading scale is as follows:
Alpha-numeric
Percentage Value
Points
A+
90 - 100%
10 points
A
85 - 89%
9 points
A-
80 - 84%
8 points
B+
75 - 79%
7 points
B
70 - 74%
6 points
C+
65 - 69%
5 points
C
60 - 64%
4 points
D+
55 - 59%
3 points
D
50 - 54%
2 points
E
40 - 49%
1 point
F
0 - 39%
0 point
All grades below "C+" are failing grades for graduate students.
"The University of Ottawa does not tolerate any form of sexual violence. Sexual violence refers to any act of a sexual nature committed without consent, such as rape, sexual harassment or online harassment. The Univesity, as well as student and employee associations, offer a full range of resources and services allowing members of our community to receive information and confidential assistance and providing for a procedure to report an incident or make a complaint. For more information, visit www.uOttawa.ca/sexual-violence-support-and-prevention."