Master's Degree in Science and Digital Technology for Health

Health Structures and Issues

Presentation

Description:
This teaching unit, delivered by doctors at the Faculty of Medicine (UM1), aims to provide students with a basic understanding of health concepts and related issues for which ICTs could be relevant. This teaching unit is shared by all students in the Master's program and the group of engineering schools in the Montpellier ICT and Health training program.

Objectives:
Acquisition of skills equivalent to a bachelor's degree in mathematics.

Hourly volumes:

CM: 40.5 hours
TD: 0 hours
TP: 0 hours
Fieldwork: 0 hours

Required prerequisites:

L3 science or health.

Recommended prerequisites:

Nothing to report

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Knowledge assessment:

Continuous Integral Control (CIC)

Syllabus:

The following concepts are covered, depending on the year and the specialists involved:

  • Anatomy: A view of the human body
  • Endocrine system
    • Major endocrine syndromes (EXCEPT diabetes): thyroid, adrenal, growth
    • Pathophysiology of diabetes and treatment
  • Nervous system
    • Neurological diseases and their therapeutic approaches
    • The functioning of neurons in their environment
    • How memory works and its pathologies
  • ENT and Robotic Surgery
    • Oncogenetics: principles and benefits in clinical practice
    • Orthopedic and trauma surgery: current status and prospects for techniques applied to osteoarticular and peripheral nerve repair
  • Cardiovascular Device
    • Cardiac pathophysiology and devices
    • Sleep disorders and sleep disease
    • Management of chronic kidney disease: from dialysis to kidney transplant
    • The challenge of screening and treating high blood pressure
  • Respiratory Device
    • Major respiratory syndromes and diseases
    • Pathophysiology and examination of the respiratory system and the role of ICT
  • Exploration techniques in medicine
  • Contribution of new technologies to biological exploration
  • Skin diseases and the role of teledermatology
  • Pregnancy and its pathologies
  • Chronic disease
    • Quality of life in chronic diseases
    • Doping in sports medicine and how to exercise when you have a chronic illness.
  • Musculoskeletal System
    • Pathophysiology of walking and walking disorders
  • Major pathophysiological mechanisms
    • Environmental mechanisms and infectious diseases
  • Digestive System
    • From physiology to digestive pathology (and investigations)
  • Telemedicine – Wounds and healing
  • Telemedicine and Dentistry

Contacts

Responsable : Guillaume Captier < gcaptier@free.fr>, Emmanuel Le Clézio
Contact(s) administratif(s) : Claudie Fabry