NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 現代臺灣常見疾病介紹與治療(0519)
	(Eng.) Introduction and Treatment of Common Medical Diseases in Taiwan
Offering Dept	General Education Center
Course Type	Required	Credits	2	Teacher	KANTHASAMY JAYABAL SENTHIL KUMAR
Department	General	Language	English	Semester	2026-FALL
Course Description	The common diseases in Taiwan can be classified based on age and life style. The children are easily prone to infectious and allergic diseases, the young adults are susceptible to immunological and metabolic disease and the elderly individuals are easily affected by chronic and degenerative diseases. All these diseases are preventable except some genetic predisposing factors. Therefore, it is important to know the pathogenesis of these diseases. This course will be focus on not only the etiology of diseases, but also the disease prevention and health promotion. Rehabilitation and Nutritional supports are two most important parts of health promotion, which will be included in this course. After complete the course, the students will be able to live with a good quality of healthy life.
Prerequisites				self-directed learning in the course	Y

Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%)			Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives	Competency Indicators	Ratio(%)	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
All the common diseases in Taiwan will be introduced especially focus on disease prevention and treatment modalities.			topic Discussion/Production Discussion Lecturing	Attendance Oral Presentation Written Presentation Assignment Study Outcome Quiz
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content Week 1 Course introduction Week 2 Historical Perspectives of common diseases in Taiwan (Part-1) Week 3 Historical Perspectives of common diseases in Taiwan (Part-2) Week 4 Allergic Diseases and treatments in Taiwan (Part-1) Week 5 Allergic Diseases and treatments in Taiwan (Part-2) Week 6 Malignant Diseases and treatments in Taiwan (Part-1) Week 7 Malignant Diseases and treatments in Taiwan (Part-2) Week 8 Cardiovascular Diseases and treatments in Taiwan Week 9 Mid-Term Exam Week 10 Metabolic Diseases and treatments in Taiwan Week 11 Acute Respiratory Diseases and treatments in Taiwan Week 12 Chronic Respiratory Diseases and treatments in Taiwan Week 13 Cerebrovascular Diseases and treatments n Taiwan Week 14 Chronic Liver Diseases and treatments Taiwan Week 15 Renal Diseases and treatments in Taiwan Week 16 Flexible teaching week Flexible teaching week Final Exam self-directed learning
Evaluation
出席狀況 attendance/ participation 10%、 作業 homework 10%、 口頭報告 oral presentation 40%、 書面報告 reports 40%
Textbook & other References
Current outlook of infectious diseases in Taiwan. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10596983/ https://nidss.cdc.gov.tw/en/ https://journals.lww.com/md-journal/Fulltext/2021/02050/Surveillance_of_foodborne_diseases_in_Taiwan__A.78.aspx https://openinfectiousdiseasesjournal.com/contents/volumes/V3/TOIDJ-3-37/TOIDJ-3-37.pdf https://borgenproject.org/preventing-common-diseases-in-taiwan/
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
Office Hours
By appointment. Email:zenkumar@dragon.nchu.edu.tw
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL)
03.Good Health and Well-Being include experience courses：N

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