Graduate Course CMM5001
CMM 5001 - The Pathological Basis of Disease Course - Winter term 2018
Coordinator: Dr. Adolfo J. de Bold.
Undergraduate Program and Office Coordinator: Manon Levesque
Course begins January 11 and ends April 5 – Three-hour long lectures on Wednesday (09:00 h - 12:00 h)
Lecture room: Roger Guindon Hall, room 3001
Teaching support: Eric Labelle: 613 562 5800 Ext 8332
Winter 2018 Lecture Schedule
Lecture
Date
Room
Topic
Professor
January
1st Lecture
January 10
RGN 3001
Intro to General Path
Dr. Rudolf W. Mueller
2nd Lecture
January 17
RGN 3001
Cell and tissues
Dr. Safaa El-Bialy
3rd Lecture
January 24
RGN 3001
Methods in Pathology
Dr. Mercedes L. Kuroski/
Dr. Adolfo de Bold
4th lecture
January 31
RGN 3001
Organ Pathology
Dr. Rudolf W. Mueller
February
5th Lecture
February 7
RGN 3001
Neoplasia
Dr. Stephanie Petkiewicz
6th Lecture
February 14
RGN 3001
Molecular Pathology
Dr. Lucas Bronicki
7th Lecture
February 21
RGN 3001
Cardiovascular
Dr. John P. Veinot
8th Lecture
February 28
RGN 3001
Endocrine
Dr. Qiao Li
March
9th Lecture
March 7
RGN 3001
Genetic diseases
Dr. Joseph de Nanassy
10th Lecture
March 14
RGN 3001
Hematopathology
Dr. Hakan Buyukdere
11th Lecture
March 21
RGN 3001
Neuropathology
Dr. Jean Michaud
12th Lecture
March 28
RGN 3001
Gastrointestinal
Dr. Fawaz Halwany
April
13th Lecture
April 4
RGN 3001
Issues in Toxicological Pathology
Dr. Colin Rousseaux
On or before
April 9
Professors submit a question each to adebold@bell.net for student’s take-home essay
April 10
Students are given questions
April 20
Students’ deadline for submitting essays to adebold@bell.net
April 27
Professors’ deadline for sending marks to adebold@bell.net
Students are evaluated at the end of the course through answers to a single, take-home question. The answer to the questions should be in an essay format of at least three single-sided pages in length of regularly typed text (8.5 x 11" paper, 0.75 to 1" margins, 10-12 pitch) excluding figures, tables and bibliographic references. References to the literature should be mainly of peer review type. Minimal use of textbooks and Internet material is expected.
You must not copy and paste material because this can result in plagiarism, which results in mandatory intervention by the Office of the Vice-Provost, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Pictures or drawings appropriately referenced are acceptable.
Ensure that you register attendance to each lecture by signing in the attendance list provided by the professor or made up during the lecture. The list should be handed in to the professor at the end of the lecture. Attendance that are below 75% would be deemed insufficient.
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 with or are CDs with microscopic images of cells and tissues
Suggested Essay Analysis
Overall Evaluation/
ComponentsBelow 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.
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