Scientists who are working to discover new medicines often use robots to prepare samples of cells, allowing them to test chemicals to identify those that might be used to treat diseases. Students will meet a scientist who works to identify new medicines. She created free software that ''looks'' at images of cells and determines which images show cells that have responded to the potential medicines. Students will learn about how this technology is currently enabling research to identify new antibiotics to treat tuberculosis. Students will complete hands-on activities that demonstrate how new medicines can be discovered using robots and computer software, starring the student as ''the computer.'' In the process, the students learn about experimental design, including positive and negative controls.

This video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey tells the story of researcher Sir Alexander Fleming, whose luck and scientific reasoning led to the groundbreaking discovery of penicillin.

Students will practice communicating medical problems they might come across. Students will also practice finding solutions for certain medical issues. 

The Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) Guide is designed to assist health care professionals and students become effective and efficient users of the medical literature. The guide provides an introduction to EBM and its core concepts. Topics include Levels of Evidence, Asking Clinical Questions, Searching PubMed, Clinical Filters, Additional Searching Techniques, Search Examples, Appraisal, and Pre-Appraised Summaries.

A single lecture given at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology about bacterial vaginosis, HACEK infections, and legionella.

All of us have felt sick at some point in our lives. Many times, we find ourselves asking, "What is the quickest way that I can start to feel better?" During this two-lesson unit, students study that question and determine which form of medicine delivery (pill, liquid, injection/shot) offers the fastest relief. This challenge question serves as a real-world context for learning all about flow rates. Students study how long various prescription methods take to introduce chemicals into our blood streams, as well as use flow rate to determine how increasing a person's heart rate can theoretically make medicines work more quickly. Students are introduced to engineering devices that simulate what occurs during the distribution of antibiotic cells in the body.

First aid is the provision of immediate care to a victim with an injury of illness, usually effected by a lay person, and performed within a limited skill range. First aid is normally performed until the injury or illness is satisfactorily dealt with (such as in the case of small cuts, minor bruises, and blisters) or until the next level of care, such as an ambulance or doctor, arrives. This book is a Canadian version of the original at Wikibooks. All references to protocols which do not comply with resuscitation standards in Canada have been removed.

Course instructional materials for EXP0050J Justice is the Best Medicine: Reimagining Healthcare and the Medical Industrial Complex first year seminar, Tufts University, Fall 2021. This syllabus includes weekly topics, assignments, and an overview of class activities. The class content is organized into four subtopics, which were referenced from Mia Mingus's graphic on the medical-industrial complex. The sources, which are all freely-available, include readings, video links, and resources which can be used in class.

Course description: Medicine, healthcare, and biomedical research have one paradox in common: they aim to heal, but they are embedded within systems of harm (termed the medical industrial complex) How can we begin to understand the products of racism, bio-colonialism, and ableism? What do movements for reform and abolition mean in the context of these systems? This course seeks to be an accessible exploration of these questions and how everyday actions encourage large-scale social change.

In this activity, students will practice providing remedies for illnesses. Students will also practice discussing home remedies they used growing up.

Medical vector created by freepik - www.freepik.comIn this activity, students will practice providing remedies for illnesses. Students will also practice discussing home remedies they used growing up. 

In this activity, students will practice providing remedies for illnesses. Students will also practice discussing home remedies they used growing up.

This e-learning package has been developed by Makarious Awad as part of his B.Med.Sci. project that was conducted in the Division of Public Health and Epidemiology in the University of Nottingham. This project was supervised by Drs. Heather Roberts and Puja Myles. Technical supervision was provided by Nicki Keating and the package was revised and edited for publication on UNOW by Dr. Sudhir Venkatesan.

2) Target Audience

The e-learning package was mainly aimed at undergraduate medical students, but assumes no prior knowledge on the topic. This makes it suitable for anyone with a basic understanding of public health principles and health education. Individuals from other disciplinary backgrounds wishing to gain a broad understanding of genocide and public health would also benefit from this e-learning package.

3) About Makarious

Makarious is a medical student at the University of Nottingham. He joined Medical School because of his passion for medicine and later became interested in Public Health. Makarious is a passionate advocate for increasing awareness of health inequalities and the recognition that human rights and health are inseparable. He recognises the role of Public Health in educating the public, health professionals and key policy makers on these issues.

Students will practice talking about medical issues they may come across. Students will also practice coming up with solutions to common health issues.

Students will be able to recount events that have happened to them using vocabulary about health and body parts. Students will learn to discuss injuries, illness, and medical related events. Students will also learn more about insurance and medical costs.

In this activity, students will learn what medicines treat which conditions and which relieve symptoms of illness in the target language. Students will learn to describe medicines and symptoms to be relieved. Students will discuss home remedies in Mexico. Students will also compare and contrast medicines and home remedies in the United States in comparison to Mexico.

Learning about medical vocabulary Lesson OverviewIn this lesson, students will learn about basic medical vocabulary. The focus of this lesson is to discover the previous knowledge of the students about medical vocabulary and help them expanding it thought the activities proposed. Lesson PreparationRead the lesson and explore the resource libraryAs the class is develop, pay attention and try to find students who need support. These students can be assigned a partner.Give the students more sources to acquire medical vocabulary.                    

Students are introduced to a challenge question. Towards answering the question, they generate ideas for what they need to know about medicines and how they move through our bodies, watch a few short videos to gain multiple perspectives, and then learn lecture material to obtain a basic understanding of how antibiotics kill bacteria in the human body. They learn why different forms of medicine (pill, liquid or shot) get into the blood stream at different speeds.

This video lesson is on the details of cancer cell growth. How do cancer cells grow? How does chemotherapy fight cancer (and cause negative side effects)? The answers lie in cell division. George Zaidan explains how rapid cell division is cancer’s "strength" -- and also its weakness.

Students continue the research begun in the associated lesson as if they were biomedical engineers working for a pharmaceutical company. Groups each perform a simple chemical reaction (to precipitate solid calcium out of solution) to observe what may occur when Osteopontin levels drop in the body. With this additional research, students determine potential health complications that might arise from a new drug that could reduce inflammatory pain in many patients, improving their quality of life. The goal of this activity is to illustrate biomedical engineering as medical problem solving, as well as emphasize the importance of maintaining normal body chemistry.

This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"Cirrhosis is a chronic disease involving permanent scarring of the liver And it's currently the 11th leading cause of death worldwide In its most advanced form, the disease impairs kidney function, causing what’s known as hepatorenal syndrome While inflammation is believed to play a role in cirrhosis No studies have examined the link between inflammation and hepatorenal syndrome until now Researchers from Spain tracked inflammation responses in 161 patients hospitalized for advanced cirrhosis Patients who developed hepatorenal syndrome showed a much stronger inflammatory response than those without the disease The relatively small patient sample means that these results should be interpreted with caution But the findings could still provide meaningful clues for treating patients with cirrhosis Helping doctors identify potential targets for slowing disease progression Solé et al..."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.