Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Histology: Using Microscopy to Study Anatomy and Identify Disease
This course introduced histology and its role in the diagnosis of disease. The course made extensive use of a virtual microscope which emulates the functions of a transmitted light microscope. The microscope is used to teach the principles and practice of microscopy. The slide sets in the microscope include normal tissues, for example blood, skin, gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, thyroid, breast, lung, liver, kidney, muscle and nervous system.
4 weeks, 3 hours per week
Dave Hall
University Secretary
The Open University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Apply and understand the basic principles of microscopy
- Identify a number of the more common tissues from their histological appearance
- Assess and understand the relationship between the structure of some tissues seen under the microscope and their function
- Identify gross histological abnormalities, such as neurodegeneration, inflammation and cancer
Syllabus
- An introduction to histology and the role or histopathology in diagnosis of disease
- Development of skills in using a light microscope and understanding the potentials and limits of the instrument
- Description of how histological slides are produced, stained and interpreted
- Development of the ability to identify a number of cell types and tissues from their histological appearance
- Description of the structures of a number of tissues with relationship to their functions
- Description of some major pathological changes and their histological appearance
- Development of the ability to identify histopathological changes and their relationship to the underlying disease processes
Issued on 12th March 2017
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