SYLLABUS of the MODULE (SUBJECT)

General Information

Module title: Biophysics with imaging elements 2025/2026
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 II
ECTS credits (incl. semester breakdown)	1,0
Type/s of training	seminars (20h)
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:
Physics of the Body / John R. Cameron, James G. Skofronick, Roderick M. Grant ; 2nd Ed. Medical Physics Publishing 2017 ISBN 9781930524941
Modified MasteringPhysics for Physics: Principles with Applications 7th Edition
Supplementary literature:
Physics: Principles with Applications / Douglas C. Giancoli PEARSON EDUCATION; 7th Edition, 2016 ISBN 9781292057125

TEACHING PROGRAMME
SEMINARS
Sem 1 (2h)	Ionising radiation I
Sem 2 (2h)	Biophysics of the process of hearing and seeing
Sem 3 (2h)	Lasers, photometry and optical fibres. Ultrasounds
Sem 4 (2h)	Medical diagnostics I
Sem 5 (2h)	Cardiovascular System
Sem 6 (2h)	Laboratory techniques I
Sem 7 (2h)	Ionising radiation I
Sem 8 (2h)	Laboratory techniques II
Sem 9 (2h)	The impact of physical factors on the human body
Sem 10 (2h)	Medical diagnostics II

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	20
Time spent on preparation to seminars/ practical classess	5
Time spent on reading recommended literature	5
Time spent on writing report/making project	2
Time spent on preparing to colloqium	10
Time spent on preparing to exam
Other …..
Student’s workload in total	42
ECTS credits for the subject (in total)	1.0
Remarks

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