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Introduction to Psychology. Fields of application of Psychology. The influence of heredity and environment on the individual. Learning – theories and principles of learning. Learning disabilities. Memory – types, theories of memory and forgetting. Methods to improve memory. Thinking – the process of thinking, problem-solving, decision making and creative thinking. Motivation - theories and types of motivation. Emotions - theories of emotions and stress, Emotional and behavioural disorders of childhood and adolescence, Disorders of under and over controlled behaviour, Eating disorders. Attitudes – theories, attitudes and behaviour. Factors in attitude change. Intelligence - theories of intelligence, I.Q., general intelligence and special intelligence. Intelligence tests, and their uses. Personality. Theories of personality. Factors influencing personality. Personality disorders. Conflict and frustration - Common defensive mechanism. Identification, regression, repression, projection, sublimation and rationalization. Attention and Perception: Nature of attention, factors determining attention, nature of perception, principle of perceptual grouping; illusions and Hallucination. Counselling - Aims and principles. Development and growth of behaviour in infancy and childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age. Normal and abnormal. Psychotherapy – introduction to paradigms in psychopathology and therapy. Mental deficiency –a)Mental retardation, b) Autistic behaviour c) Learning disabilities.

Immunity; definition and classification. General principles of natural immunity. Phagocytosis, acquired immunity (active and passive), antigens. Chemical nature of antigens. Structure and formation of antibodies. Antigen-antibody reactions Bacterial Exotoxins and endotoxins. Significance of toxoids in active immunity. Immunological disorders: introduction to T and B cells. HIV/AIDS and the immune system. MHC proteins or (transplantation antigens), immune tolerance Hypersensitivity reactions, Autoimmunity. Immunisation.

Introduction and history of physiology. Structure and functions of cell membranes. Transport process. Special transport mechanism in amphibian bladder, kidney, gall bladder, intestine, astrocytes and exocrine glands. Biophysical principles. Homeostasis and control systems including temperature regulation. Biological rhythms. Composition and functions of blood. Haemopoiesis. WBC and differential count. Plasma proteins Coagulation, fibrinolysis and platelet functions. Blood groups –ABO system – Rh system. Blood transfusion – indication for collection and storage of blood, hazards of blood transfusions. Reticulo- endothelial system. Imunity and immodeficiency disease and HIV.

This course is mainly designed to prepare students with the knowledge to be IT project managers with project management skills needed to better manage IT projects. Basic concepts of IT project management, including initiating, planning, controlling, executing, and closing projects. The course also shows how IT projects should be managed, from inception to post implementation review. Improving management skills and abilities to define the project scope, creating workable project plan, and manage within the budget and schedule.

Review of muscle attachments and muscle action. Nerve supply and neurological control of movements. Location of the centres of gravity of the body. Biomechanics of human motion. Fundamental starting positions/postures. Resolution of forces. Roles of muscle action. Types of body movement and uses. Introduction to electromyography studies. Analyses of normal and abnormal human locomotion; Analysis of motor skills. 400 Level

Bio-mechanical principles as related to human motion. Relationship of anatomical structures to physical functions. Range of muscle work (inner, middle and outer). Types of muscle contraction. Group action of muscles agonists, antagonists, fixators, synergists and many others. Principles of motion and force as applied to the body at rest and in motion. Muscular analysis of common activities of daily living (such as standing up from sitting, walking, brushing, hair combing, feeding and many others). Analysis of normal human gait. Methods of kinetic and kinematic gait analysis. Range of motion and causes of limitation. Types of instruments for and methods of measuring range of joint motion. Goniometry. Principles of motion and force as they apply to the body in action and in equilibrium. Range of motion and causes of limitation. Goniometry. Principles, classification and clinical applications of motor skills. Clinical applications of motor skill. Analysis of normal and abnormal human movements such as normal and abnormal gait & Posture. Prescription of corrective therapy for abnormal motions and postures. Types of walking aids and application.

History, definition and current status of knowledge management. Differences between information and knowledge. Key management issues consideration and influences of knowledge management of change and organisational effectiveness. Planning staff consultancy and participation in knowledge management. Skills requirements of knowledge management operations and evaluation of knowledge management. Sources of knowledge to health workers.

Instrument aspects of qualitative and quantitative analysis – theory and practise of some common analytical techniques: colourimetry, spectroflorimetry flame photometry, conductometry, polarography, and many others. Osmometry, Rephelometry, Turbidimetry, pH Measurement by ion specific electrodes – Separation techniques including electrophoresis, - paper, cellulose acetate, Agar gel, starch and polyacrylamide gel, Isoelectric focusing, Isotaphoresis, Chromatograpy – paper, Thin Layer Chromatography, Gas Liquid Chromatography, Ion exchange, gel filtration, molecular sieves; Dialysis filtration, solvent extraction, Centrifugation – Ultracentrifugation. Immuno-electrophoretic techniques, Radioimmunoassay, Competitive protein binding, Isotope dilution techniques, Enzyme Immuno Assays, Receptor Assays, Automation, Micro and Ultra micro Analysis. Practical based on the above topics. Theory and practice of some common Analytical techniques including tissue processing, Microscopy and other basic Microbiological Equipment, Principles and working of haematological Equipment, other applied techniques in the Medical Laboratory with emphasis on general Medical Laboratory Instrumentation. Practical exercises on the above topics.

Principles and functions of Management. Personnel Management, Staff/Management relationships, stock control, record keeping. Management and administrative practices. Ecology of administration. Inventory and quality control Accounting and budgeting. Medico-legal aspects of medical laboratory Sciences. Professional ethics. Laboratory planning. Introduction to statistical procedures and biological research estimation, analysis of variance, tests of significance, goodness of fit, correlation and regression. Theory and practice of quality control – setting up quality control, various methods of quality control; factors affecting quality of output. Theory and practice of some common Analytical techniques including tissue processing, Microscopy and other basic Microbiological Equipment use, and principles of Histological Equipment, principles and working of haematological clinical chemistry Equipment; other applied techniques in the Medical Laboratory with emphasis on general Medical Laboratory Instrumentation. Practical Classes based on the above topics. General Review and appraisals of all subjects and practice of medical laboratory sciences to be examined as a common General paper.

Laboratory hazards and precautions. General laboratory glassware and apparatus-composition of glass, cleaning of glassware, standardised glassware, general glassware. Apparatus-autoclave, centrifuge. Production of chemically pure water, elementary microscopy; refraction, refractive index, principal focus of a converging lens, principal focus of a diverging lens, component of a microscope, setting up of a microscope, some do’s and do not’s of the microscope, micrometry, Dark ground microscope, Flourescent microscope. Collection and reporting of specimens, ward etiquette, postage of specimen, preparation of specimen containers, swabs, collection of autopsy and biopsy specimens.