Course Gaps at Federal University Of Technology Minna

The course is planned to equip the undergraduates in all the disciplines of health sciences with the necessary tools and skills for collecting, analysing, interpreting data quantitatively. Topics to be covered include: The central role of statistics in health sciences disciplines, data description, elements of probability. Description of random variables. Applications of the binomial and normal distributions. Estimation and confidence intervals. Contingency tables. Regression and variance analysis. Study design and hypothesis testing for practical purposes. Students are provided with specific data to work on and are also required to develop simple questionnaire protocols for analysis.

Introduction to demographic and the emphasis is on the use of demographic materials and methods for planning, policy analysis, and evaluative research in public health. Emphasis should be placed on the demographic features of the Nigerian population, its size, composition and distribution should be highlighted. Response of demography to mortality, fertility and migration. Health need of each population group and health planning in relation to demography. The course gives an overview of the Nigerian population policies. Trends in general population growth are featured prominently in the course. Topics to cover include: sources and quality of data from census, special surveys, and other vital registration systems. Students are to present the descriptive statistics and graphics with report writing and submit assigned projects.

Human growth and development from conception through childhood and adolescence to old age. Erikson’s developmental tasks for different stages of life. Theories of Learning. Psychology of Learning and the nurse. The nature and structure of intelligence. Individual differences. Environment and behaviour. Determinants of human health behaviour. Attitudes. Psychological influence on health and illness. Care and coping strategies in illness situations especially for children, adolescents and the elderly.

Concepts and definition of terms in epidemiology. Purpose of epidemiology. Relationship in epidemiological triad. Epidemiological models and application. Epidemiological study designs and types. Application of epidemiology to communicable and non-communicable diseases. Measuring and interpreting patterns of disease occurrence. Routine sources of data. Communicable diseases (such as diseases of contact and droplets, water and food related,diseases spread by insects and other animals and many others) and their management. Non communicable diseases. HIV and sexually transmitted infections/diseases. Use of Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) Framework. -

Introduction to the fundamentals of nursing as a profession, rudiments of health attainment and health care, giving extensive considerations to the roles of nurses within organisational and professional ethical prescriptions for the practice of nursing. Interpersonal communication and understanding of scientific basis of nursing care. Laboratory demonstration of basic nursing skills prior to exposure to clinical practice.

The heart; events of the cardiac cycle. Control of cardiac contractility. Cardiac electrophysiology. Properties of cardiac muscles. Cardiac output - measurement and control. Haemodynamics of circulation. Arterial blood pressure and its regulation. Cardiovascular reflexes. Peripheral resistance and local control of the circulation. Regional blood flow. Cardiovascular changes in exercise, haemorrhage and shock. Respiratory physiology – functions of upper respiratory tract. Mechanics of respiration including compliance. Surfactant. Lung volume and capacities. Pulmonary gas exchange. Blood gas transport. Pulmonary function tests. Nervous and chemical control of respiration. Response to hypoxia, high altitude, exercise and artificial respiration.