SYLLABUS of the MODULE (SUBJECT)

General Information

Module title: Biophysics with imaging elements 2024/2025
Module type	Obligatory
Faculty PMU	Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Major	Medicine
Level of study	long-cycle (S2J)
Mode of study	full-time studies
Year of studies, semester	Year 1, semester I
ECTS credits (incl. semester breakdown)	2,5
Type/s of training	seminars (18h) laboratories (12h)
Form of assessment	☒graded assessment: ☐descriptive ☒test ☐practical ☐oral ☐non-graded assessment ☐final examination ☐descriptive ☐test ☐practical ☐oral
Head of the Department/ Clinic, Unit	Dr n. med. Karolina Jezierska, karolina.jezierska@pum.edu.pl
Tutor responsible for the module	Dr n. med. Karolina Jezierska, karolina.jezierska@pum.edu.pl
Department’s website	https://www.pum.edu.pl/wydzialy/wydzial-lekarsko-biotechnologiczny/zaklad-fizyki-medycznej/information-for-students
Language	English

Detailed information

Module objectives	Lectures and exercises are designed to introduce students to the basic issues of physics and biophysics regarding the physical foundations of physiological processes and to familiarize themselves with the physical phenomena underlying modern medical diagnostics and therapy in medicine.
Prerequisite /essential requirements	Knowledge	physics and mathematics at the matriculation level
Skills	is able to define and estimate the measurement error, graphically present the results of measurements, know the basic mathematical functions, know the operations on exponents and logarithms
Competences	openness to knowledge, self-study habit, willingness to cooperate in a group, teamwork skills

Booklist
Obligatory literature:
1. Cameron J., Skofronic J.G., Grant R.M.: Physics of the Body, Medical Physics Publishing 1992
Supplementary literature:
1. „PHYSICS Principles with applications” Douglas C. Giancoli

TEACHING PROGRAMME
SEMINARS
Sem 1 (2h)	Radiation I.
Sem 2 (2h)	Biophysics of cardiovascular system
Sem 3 (2h)	Lasers, photometry and optical fibers.
Sem 4 (2h)	Radiotheraphy.
Sem 5 (2h)	Biophysics of the process of seeing and hearing.
Sem 6 (2h)	Medical diagnostics.
Sem 7 (2h)	Ultrasound in medicine.
Sem 8 (2h)	Radiation protection in medicine.
Sem 9 (2h)	Influence of physical factors on human body.
LABORATORIES
Lab 1 (2h)	Spectroscopy
Lab 2 (2h)	Ionizing radiation
Lab 3 (2h)	Microscopy
Lab 4 (2h)	Ultrasounds
Lab 5 (2h)	Termoregulation
Lab 6 (2h)	Audiometry

Spektroskopia

Student’s workload
Form of student’s activity (in-class participation; activeness, produce a report, etc.)	Student’s workload [h]
Tutor
Contact hours with the tutor	30
Time spent on preparation to seminars/ practical classess	10
Time spent on reading recommended literature	5
Time spent on writing report/making project	5
Time spent on preparing to colloqium	15
Time spent on preparing to exam
Other …..
Student’s workload in total	65
ECTS credits for the subject (in total)	2,5
Remarks

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