Year 1, 2012-13
Course leaders
Professor Stephen Semple
Dr Duncan Rogers
LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS

Respiratory system
 

The study guide sections are the bold titles linked to each session below as Word documents

Video: Examination of the thorax (basic principles) (webstreamed wmv file)

Contents and timetable Practicals
Tues 26 Feb Introduction - slides - Professor Stephen Semple, Dr Duncan Rogers
Respiratory disease: a patient's perspective - Dr Graeme Wilson
Pulmonary circulation - slides - Dr Claire Shovlin
Fri 1 March Lung development - slides - Professor John Warner

Gas transport and ventilation - slides - Professor Mary Morrell
Lung mechanics 1 - slides - Professor Robert Schroter
Tues 5 March Lung mechanics 2 - Professor Robert Schroter
Lung cell biology - slides - Professor Terry Tetley
Wed 6 March Basic structure of the respiratory system - slides - Professor Ceri Davies
Fri 8 March

Control of breathing awake - slides - Professor Mike Hughes

Airways function - slides - Dr Duncan Rogers
Mon 11 March

Respiratory pathology - Dr Pallav Shah, Dr Alexandra Rice
Lung cancer - Dr Pallav Shah
Pathology of lung cancer - Dr Alexandra Rice
Control of breathing: asleep - slides - Dr Mary Morrell
This lecture will be audio recorded as part of a research project on teaching, and the researcher may note the response of the student audience to the lecture. The main focus of the study is the lecturer, but it is possible that if you say anything in the course of this lecture, it will be recorded. You are free to object to the lecture being recorded. If you do have any objections, or any queries about this, please email the year 1 administrator as soon as possible.
Tues 12 March

Sensory aspects of respiratory disease - slides - Professor Fan Chung
Hypoxia in health and disease - slides - Professor Stephen Semple
Wed 13 March Lung immunology: allergic lung disease - slides - Professor Barry Kay
Workshop: Blood gases and acid-base data - slides - Professor Stephen Semple
Fri 15 March
Lung infection - slides - Dr R Wilson
Mon 18 March Demonstration: Thoracic ultrasound - Dr Mary Roddie
Review of lung mechanics - Professor Robert Schroter
Demonstration: Exercise testing + exercise demonstraton [pdf] - Dr Luke Howard, Dr Kevin Murphy
End of course quiz - Professor Stephen Semple, Dr Duncan Rogers
Practical Small group teaching timetable
1 Respiratory muscles - Dr Kevin Murphy
2 Measurement of lung volumes - Professor Mary Morrell
3 Assessment of airways resistance - Dr Mary Morrell
4 Breathlessness - Dr Michael Wilson
5 Oxygen delivery software (gas exchange and O2 transport) (CAL session)
6 Lung cell biology - Professor Terry Tetley
7 / 8 Lung histology 1 and 2 - Dr Alexandra Rice
9 Examination of the thorax - Dr Nick Hopkinson
Appendix: including respiratory symbols and recommended textbooks

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