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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Ecology and paleoecology of the disease (theory, introduction, history) 2. Parasite-host relationships, evolution of health and disease 3. Disease mismatch and diachronic trends 4. Methods of disease assessment in retrospective sciences 5. Test 6. Paleopathology: congenital and developmental disorders 7. Paleopathology: productive-degenerative diseases 8. Paleopathology: metabolic diseases 9. Paleopathology: cancer 10. Paleopathology: trauma and violence 11. Paleopathology: dental diseases 12. Final seminar: student presentations
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Interactive lecture, Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Discussion, Students' portfolio, One-to-One tutorial, Skills demonstration, Seminar classes, Self-study of literature, Textual studies
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 30 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
- 5 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| to read and understand texts in English |
| to characterize and explain the concepts of general skeletal biology and anatomy |
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| to use electronic information sources |
| to write a cultivated professional text |
| to critically reflect and understand a professional text in the Czech language |
| to critically reflect and understand a professional text in English |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to characterize and recognize the basic categories of pathological manifestations of hard tissues, |
| to characterize and describe methods of identifying diseases, injuries and patterns of behavior that leave degenerative marks on the skeleton and teeth |
| to identify and describe the identification of early surgery, the consequences of aggression between individuals or populations, the identification of signs resulting from sacrificial rituals and, in general, everything that human skeletal remains can tell about life and death in the past |
| Skills |
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| to re-evaluate critically the information received |
| to identify pathological manifestations on the human skeleton and make a differential diagnosis of these manifestations |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Textual studies |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Self-study of literature |
| Lecture |
| Individual study |
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| Skills demonstration |
| Individual study |
| Self-study of literature |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Students' portfolio |
| Seminar classes |
| Competences |
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| Textual studies |
| Skills demonstration |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Lecture |
| Self-study of literature |
| Individual study |
| Seminar classes |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Seminar work |
| Written exam |
| Test |
| Continuous assessment |
| Skills |
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| Seminar work |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Written exam |
| Test |
| Competences |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Seminar work |
| Written exam |
| Test |
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Recommended literature
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Lieberman D, and Vicari J. Příběh lidského těla: evoluce, zdraví a nemoci. Jan Melvil Publishing, 2016.
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Marmot, M. G.,; Wilkinson, Richard G. Social determinants of health. 2006. ISBN 978-0-19-856589-5.
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Ortner DJ. Human Paleopathology: Current Syntheses and Future Options (Classic Reprint): Fb&c Limited.. Fb&c Limited., 2017.
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