Syllabus
* Winter semester topics:
Fundamentals of cell pathology.
Morphology and pathogenesis changes in organs and tissues in disease states.
General characteristics of inflammatory processes.
Morphological changes in infectious diseases.
Morphological changes in autoimmune diseases.
Morphological manifestations of rejection processes in transplants.
General oncology including principles of molecular biology diagnostics and international classifications of tumors.
Morphology of preneoplastic conditions. Role of pathologists in screening.
* Summer semester topics:
Systemic organ pathology: macroscopic, histopathological changes, and molecular biology of individual diseases.
Etiopathogenesis of disease states.
Complications and healing of diseases.
Typing, grading, staging, and rating (prognosis) of tumor processes.
Morphological findings accompanying therapeutic procedures.