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Concepts in mental health nursing and the variety of commonly occurring psychiatric conditions throughout the lifespan. The role of the nurse in the care of the mentally ill, including mental health promotion and rehabilitation in the community. Patient assessment for mental health/psychiatric disorder using the nursing process and relevant management methods. Use of the DSM – IV TR (Multiaxial System for Psychiatric Diagnosis) to evaluate and describe multiple conditions of clients. Interpersonal skills and attitudes necessary for the nurse to act as a therapeutic agent. History of the mental health movement - national and international. Classification of mental health disorders. Discussion of specific behaviours. Symptoms, signs. Intervention methods by health care providers - individual and group approach. Therapeutic care. Behaviour management. Management of different mental health disorders. Substance related disorders and management. Legal coverage (Mental Health Acts, ethical codes and patients’ Bill of rights). The legal aspects of mental health/psychiatric nursing and the nurses’ role. Mental health counselling, referrals and follow ups.

Review of psychosocial development from childhood to adulthood. Human behaviour in illness. Social and cultural issues relating to mental health. The role of traditional healers in mental/psychiatric disease interpretation and management in the society (urban and rural). Application of the nursing process in the development of nursing care plans for clients with psychiatric/mental health issues. Rehabilitation. Parole, half way homes and many others for mental health disorders. Stigmatisation and discrimination in mental illness. Community psychiatry/community mental health. Use of systemic framework approach in the application of therapeutic interventions (considering the pragmatics and dynamics of human behaviours).

Amino acids as building blocks of proteins; the peptide bond as covalent backbone of proteins. Forces involved in the stabilisation of protein structure. Protein isolation, fractionation, purification and characterisation. Amino acid analysis of peptides and proteins. Methods for the determination of the sequence of amino acids in proteins. Protein Biosynthesis, Molecular weight determination of proteins. Techniques in protein biochemistry. Oxidative degradation of amino acids and metabolism of one carbon units. Ammonia toxicity and urea formation. Ketogenic and Glucogenic amino acids. Biosynthesis of amino acids and some derivatives; the urea cycle; metabolism of inorganic nitrogen. Disorders of amino acid metabolism, Polyamines.

Historical development of metallic materials in dentistry, the metallurgy of dental metallic materials, production of dental metallic materials. Classification of metallic dental materials. Properties of metallic dental materials, – corrosion resistance, thermal conductivity, tarnishing, dimensional changes, malleability, ductility, impact strength, fatigue strength, work hardening, stress anneal, heat treatment, hardening heat treatment Materials for construction of metallic prosthodontic appliances - gold alloys, chromium cobalt, swaged stainless steel, and many others and suitability of each material for the prosthodontic appliance. and many others. Types of casting machines, Principles of fabrication, introductory foundry technology, casting, moulding and extrusion techniques, Densification and properties of compacts – bulk density, porosity and shrinkage, Thermal treatments, solidification, powder processing, hot isostatic precisions. Duplication of a model using refractory model materials, Casting failures, and how to avoid them.

Students should acquaint themselves with the microbial techniques involving the use of instrumentation, isolation and identification of microbes in different environmental media.

Introduction to developing mobile applications, beginning with mobile operating systems capabilities and application architecture and extending to major components, such as activities, services, broadcast receivers and many others. Development of interactive applications using widget libraries, web-based services, animation, an SQL database engine, and multithreading.

Epidemiology, pathology and clinical features of skeletal disorders. Bone infection. Disorders of osteoid formation and maintenance. Disorders of bone mineralization including osteomalacia, Paget disease. Infection of skeletal muscles. Muscular dystrophy congenital: abnormalities of the foot and hand. Spinal disorders – neck pain, back pain, sacro-iliac joint pain, cervical and lumbar spondylosis (intervertebral disc lesions), spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, ankylosing spondylitis. Infectious conditions musculoskeletal deformities - scoliosis, kyphosis, and kyphoscoliosis. Myofascial pain syndrome. Fibromyalgia. Connective tissues disorders Joint replacements (hip and knee), acute care (including precautions and safety) following surgeries. Management of chronic and acute soft tissues injuries (muscular, tendinous and ligamentous injuries, tendonitis and many others). Principles of physiotherapy in fracture management, disorders of skeletal muscle and adjoining soft tissue. PST 413:Physiotherapy Clinical Rotations in Orthopaedic and Traumatology (2 Units C: PH 90) Learning Outcomes At the end of this course, the students are expected to: 1. demonstrate skills in taking history; carry out physical examination and other relevant assessment procedures on patients with orthopaedic conditions and trauma; 2. demonstrate skills in clinical reasoning and in making clinical judgments in different orthopaedic and traumatic conditions.; 3. demonstrate skills in communicating treatment goals and plans with patients with orthopaedic conditions and trauma; 4. demonstrate skills in managing and evaluating patients with orthopaedic conditions commonly seen in physiotherapy; and 5. apply knowledge, theory, and professional judgment while managing patients with orthopaedic conditions. Course Contents Students will be exposed to history taking, physical examination and specific assessment procedures and clinical judgments, treatment and evaluation of patients in orthopaedic condition and trauma. fractures, dislocations, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, back pain, neck pain, spinal stenosis, soft tissue injuries and many others. Students will also be taught the appropriate ways of communicating treatment goals and plans to patients with orthopaedic conditions and following trauma and in chronic and acute soft tissue injuries (muscular, tendinous and ligamentous injuries, tendonitis, tenosynovitis, fasciitis and many others). injuries resulting from fracture of the spine, general principles of physiotherapy in management of fracture and dislocation and in urns, skin protection and repair techniques.

Clinical Nutrition: A nutritional approach to the prevention and treatment of diseases. The importance of homeostasis. Prevention and treatment of specific disease conditions with nutrition. How to carry out a nutritional assessment on a patient. Nutritional diseases affecting major organ systems in the body. Management and treatment of diseases using superfoods, enzymes, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, plant supplements, orthomolecular remedies and many others. Botanical Medicine: In-depth study of therapeutic herbalism. Actions of medicinal plants (nervines, hepatic, anodynes, antispasmodic and many others) and their uses in correcting various organ dysfunctions, Medicinal constituents of plants (tannins, glycosides, terpenoids, flavonoids and many others), Pharmacognosy, specific indications, contraindications as well as toxicity and dosing criteria for medicinal plants. The study of herb-herb interaction. Herb compounding and dispensing skills especially in polypharmacy. 400 Level

Overview of Stroke. Overview of neuro-degenerative conditions. Occupational therapy interventions for specific neurological conditions: Cerebrovascular accident, Spinal Cord Injury, Parkinson’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Gullian Barre Syndrome, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Traumatic Brain Injury, Cerebellar ataxia, Intra cranial tumours, Diabetic Neuropathy, and Myasthenia gravis and many others. Application of occupational therapy principles and techniques in the evaluation and treatment of specific neurological conditions: Cerebrovascular accident, Spinal Cord Injury, Parkinson’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Gullian Barre Syndrome, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Traumatic Brain Injury, Cerebellar ataxia, Intra cranial tumours, Diabetic Neuropathy, Myasthenia gravis and many others. Discharge planning. Brief discussion of return- to-work evaluation and work capacity assessments in relation to neurological conditions. Case study and problem-based learning. Driving and community mobility for people with neurological conditions.

Neuroembryology; introduction to the central nervous system; spinal cord morphology; spinal cord-tracts; lower medulla-pyramids; decussation, tubercles; upper medulla-olive, pons-basis pontis and middle cerebellar penduncle; pons tegmentum; midbrain-tectum; midbrain- tegmentum; cerebellum; diencephalon-thalamus; diencephalon-hyphothalamus; epithalamus, subthalamus; ascending pathways and descending pathways, ventricles; pyramidal system; cerebral hemispheres, sulci and gyri, internal structure of cerebrum, basal ganglia; cortex- cytoarchitectonics, brodman areas, limbic system blood supply to the brain and spinal sord. Applied Anatomy.