NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 當代醫學與健康管理(0529)
	(Eng.) An Introduction of Modern Medicine
Offering Dept	General Education Center
Course Type	Required	Credits	2	Teacher	KANTHASAMY JAYABAL SENTHIL KUMAR
Department	General	Language	English	Semester	2024-FALL
Course Description	Modern medicine is the most advanced, scientifically based, and statistically approved therapeutic system and diagnostic methodology. Current progress in research and development in the field of nanotechnology, genetic engineering, biomaterials and artificial intelligence were achieved new milestones, which enables and ensure our life expectancy. In this course, we introduce the basic concept of medicine and its progress to the students whose major subjects are not biomedical Sciences. The appreciation of videos, scientific movies and films, and group discussion will be also applied to the course. Students will easily learn the state of the art knowledge of biomedical sciences and future of modern medicine.
Prerequisites				self-directed learning in the course	N

Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%)			Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives	Competency Indicators	Ratio(%)	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
(Eng.) The major objectives of this course are,  Introduce the basic concepts and rationale of modern medicine.  Discussing the recent progress in medicine.  The importance of nanomedicine and nuclear medicine.  The application of personal and precision medicine.  Future of medicine.	1.Humanitarian Training 2.Scientific Training 3.Communication Skills 5.International Perspective	30 40 10 20	topic Discussion/Production Networking/Distance Education Discussion Lecturing	Written Presentation Attendance Oral Presentation Assignment Study Outcome Quiz
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content Week 1 COURSE INTRODUCTION Week 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO MODERN MEDICINE Week 3 ADVANCES IN NANOMEDICINE Week 4 ADVANCES IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE Week 5 ADVANCES IN BRAIN-MACHINE INTERFACE Week 6 ADVANCES IN PRECISION MEDICINE Week 7 ADVANCES IN PERSONALIZED MEDICINE Week 8 3D BIOPRINTING Week 9 MID-TERM EXAM Week 10 ADVANCES IN HEALTH WEARABLES Week 11 ADVANCES IN REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE Week 12 RECENT ADVANCES IN CANCER TREATMENT Week 13 ADVANCES IN ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION Week 14 ADVANCES IN STEM CELL AND GENE THERAPY Week 15 ADVANCES IN LIFE EXTENTION Week 16 ONCOLYTIC VIRAL THERAPY Week 17 ADVANCES IN CRYONICS AND VETRIFICATION Week 18 FINAL EXAM
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
Fanu JL (2012). The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine: Revised Edition. Basic Books, New York, USA. ISBN: 9780465058952. Kane SA (2002). Introduction to Physics in Modern Medicine. CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA. ISBN: 9780415301718. McElroy J and McElroy S (2018). The Sawbones Book: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine. Weldon Owen, San Rafael, USA. ISBN: 9781681883816
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
TBA
Office Hours
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs
include experience courses：N

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