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NAGA COLLEGE FOUNDATION
M.T. Villanueva Avenue, Naga City
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
1st Semester S/Y 2024-2025
COURSE OUTLINE FOR BIOLOGY OF HEALTH CARE
1st Semester-2024-2025
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course examines the role of biology in healthcare through an in-
depth exploration of an elected group of anatomical and physiological
conditions and topics that challenge medicine in the twenty-first century.
Specific issues addressed in the course include.
The cell: healthcare under a microscope
The heart in medicine
Neurology and psychology in medicine
Healthcare’s approach to injury and trauma
Medicines in medicine
Lecture and laboratory combine thinking and quantitative reasoning
that enable students to investigate and analyze these healthcare issues and
simultaneously gain an understanding of the scientific worldwide, the role of
science in history and society, the enterprise of science, and the process of
scientific injury.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
1. Understand the cell structures and functions, as well as their
interactions with the environment, and cell growth and development;
2. Identify and describe the anatomical and physiological part of the
heart and its different cardiac applications and emergencies;
3. Discuss the different neurological and psychological disorders and their
treatment/prevention and cite the significant role of neurology and
psychology in healthcare;
4. Demonstrate an understanding on the different healthcare’s approach
to injury and trauma;
5. Recognize the importance of pharmacology and its significant effect of
drugs to the human body;
6. Conduct research on the different controversies, challenges and
advances of medicine in the 21st century;
7. Recognize the world’s trend and issues on healthcare as well as the
underlying ethical principles and implications; and
8. Inform with the recent nature of COVID 19 its diagnosis, treatment,
findings and its possible control
MIDTERM
I. The Cell: Healthcare under a microscope
A. Cellular Basis of Life (Batas)
1. Cell Theory
2. Theory of Endosymbiosis
3. Intracellular Structures and Function
B. Cells in their Environment (Bolante)
1. Cell Junctions
2. Cell Adhesion
3. Cell Communication
4. The Extracellular Matrix
C. Cell Growth and Development (Jimenez)
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1. Cell Specialization
2. Cancer
3. Cell Death
II. The Heart in Medicine (Matutina)
A. Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology
B. Electrophysiology
C. Cardiac Pathophysiology
D. Electrocardiography (Moran)
E. Cardiac Resuscitation
F. Cardiac Emergencies
III. Neurology and Psychology in Medicine (Nacario)
A. Neurological Disorders and Treatment
1. Cerebrovascular diseases
2. Epilepsies
3. Multiple sclerosis
4. Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders
5. Central nervous system infection
6. Muscle and nerve diseases (Reodique)
7. Dementia and Delirium
B. Psychological Disorders and Treatment/Prevention
1. Eating Disorders
2. Mood Disorders
3. Sleep Disorders
4. Personality Disorders
C. Psychological Theory and Research (San Esteban)
1. Models of Health and Disease
2. Management and Treatment of Chronic Disease (e.g. cancer,
cardiovascular disease, HIV/AIDS)
3. Preventing Disease and Other Threats to Health (e.g. smoking
cessation, exercise and weight management)
4. Role of Psychology in HealthCare
IV. Healthcare’s approach to injury and trauma (Vasquez)
A. Understanding of the assessment and management of emergency
situations, including:
1. Trauma
a. primary and secondary assessment of a trauma patient with multiple
injuries
b. by mechanism of injury (blunt vs penetrating trauma)
c. by site of injury (head, eye, chest, spinal cord, and bony
spine,abdomen, extremity, urogenital system
2. Soft Tissue Injuries, Musculoskeletal injuries, environmental
emergencies, poisonings, medical emergencies, and drug reactions (Vega)
3. Medical and Trauma Emergencies (First Aid)
4. Approach to Trauma patients
FINAL TERM
V. Medicines in Medicine (Batas)
A. Pharmacology
1. Chemotherapy, Antibiotics and antimicrobials
2. Histamine and antihistamine drugs
3. Drugs for Epilepsy
4. Antimalarial, antiamoebic, antihelminthics and drugs
5. Analgesics, Sedatives and Tranquilizers (Bolante)
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6. Coagulants and anticoagulants
7. Vaccines and Immune sera
8. Drug abuse, drug tolerance, drug addiction
VI. Medicine in the 21st Century (Jimenez)
A. Top controversies and challenges in the 21 st century medicine
1. Clinical Controversies
2. Medical Ethics
B. Advances in Medicine in the 21st Century (Matutina)
1. Camera pill
2. Bionic Hands
3. Human Genome Project (Moran)
4. HIV cocktails
5. Robotic Surgeries
VII. Healthcare Trends and Issues (Nacario)
A. Access to Healthcare
1. The Healthcare in Asia
2. The Healthcare in America
B. Disparities in Health Care (Reodique)
1. Ethnic
2. Age
3. Gender
4. Religion
C. Current Trends in Healthcare Industry
D. Current Issues in Healthcare Industry (San Esteban)
D. Ethical Implications for Health Care
1. Impact of Ethical Codes on Healthcare
2. Ethical Ramifications of different cultures exist within healthcare
system(Vega)
3. Ethical Principles of autonomy, trust, freedom, caring, beneficence,
and nonmaleficence to healthcare’s organizations
VIII. COVID 19 Diagnosis, Treatment and Control (Vasquez)
Lecture Demonstrations
The instructor will make extensive use of lecture demonstrations to
make more vivid the phenomena being discussed.
Method of Instruction:
Synchronous (Lecture and Discussion with slide presentations)
Asynchronous (Readings Assignment, Activity, Preparation for
quizzes)
Major Examination 40%
Grading System
Class Participation 40%
Quizzes 20%
Recitation 20%
Project 15%
Deportment/Attendance 5%
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Total 100%
Prepared by:
JONATHAN O. BARDE, PhD
Instructor
