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TsinghuaX: Gateway to Medicine: An Introduction to the Field of Medicine | 走近医学

The field of medicine combines science , art, wisdom and philosophy in service of humanity. Join us. A whole new world is here. Explore the mysteries of health and disease. After opening this course, you will experience a whole new world, and we will take you to uncover the mysteries of human disease and health.

Gateway to Medicine: An Introduction to the Field of Medicine | 走近医学
10 weeks
1–3 hours per week
Self-paced
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Starts Mar 28
Ends Sep 1

About this course

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Medical science has its origins in Middle Eastern religion. Since its inception, the field of medicine continues to be a fascinating and mysterious world full of breakthroughs and advancements that benefit humankind. With the growing desire for health and longevity, innovation and technical achievements continue to drive the field of medicine.

Entering Gateway to Medicine, initiates to the medical field will be led into this new world. Participants will receive a basic background on the influence of the macro-environment on health, and the micro-molecular principles of diseases. Regardless of medical experience, students will gain a broad perspective of the medical field, illuminated by the expertise of researchers and medical professionals.

Since its birth, medicine has been cast in a mysterious color due to its strong religious background. However, people's exploration of medicine has never stopped. With the desire for health and the yearning for eternal life, human beings have applied all their ingenuity and scientific and technological achievements to the medical field.

When you click on the course "Into Medicine" with your mouse, we will take you into a brand new world, which is so vast and boundless, yet so wonderful. Our courses will take you to explore from the macroscopic relationship between environment and health to the microscopic molecular principles of disease occurrence. If you are a medical student with a certain medical education background, or a college student interested in medicine, you are welcome to enter our classroom. Our teachers include professors engaged in basic medical research as well as experts working on the front line of clinical practice. We will show you the occurrence and development of diseases and the process of human beings fighting wits and courage against diseases from a unique perspective.

At a glance

  • Language: 中文
  • Video Transcripts: English, 中文
  • Associated skills:Medical Science, Ingenuity, Medical Education

What you'll learn

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  • Disease, major symptoms and diagnosis
  • Basic knowledge of first-aid treatment
  • The importance of building a healthy lifestyle

  • Understand the causes, main symptoms and basic diagnostic process of the disease

  • Learn common first aid knowledge and methods

  • Establish a healthy lifestyle

  • L01: Smog and Lung Diseases
  • L02: Pregnancy and Delivery
  • L03: Infants and Feeding
  • L04: Tumors
  • L05: Cardiorespiratory Resuscitation
  • L06: Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
  • L07:Mankind and Virus
  • L08:Helicobacter pylori (Hp) andGastrosis
  • L09:Sports and Injuries
  • Finals

  • Lecture 1: Haze is looming on all sides - air pollution and lung diseases

  • Lecture 2: Where do you come from - from pregnancy to childbirth

  • Lecture 3: What should I feed you, my baby - children’s nutritional needs and scientific feeding of infants and young children

  • Fourth, does cancer have to change color? ——Take you to understand tumors

  • Lecture 5 Golden Minutes - Emergency (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation), Disaster Medicine

  • Lecture 6: The number one killer of mankind - cardiovascular disease (atherosclerosis, hypertension)

  • Lecture 7 The never-ending war - humans and viruses

  • Lecture 8 Bacteria that cannot be killed by gastric acid - Helicobacter pylori and gastric diseases

  • Lecture 9: Movement and Injury of the Human Body - Movement Function of the Human Body

  • After-school exercises

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