About the Course
A living system regulates its activities through enzymes which are described as the sparks that are known to either ignite or speed up about 4,000 vital biochemical reactions. Quoting a Scottish medical journal, Humbart Santillo says, “”Each of us, as with all living organisms, could be regarded as an orderly, integrated succession of enzyme reactions.””
Enzymology is a separate subspecialty in itself. To understand the role of enzymes in the biochemical reactions, we have designed this course which covers a wide range of topics such as the classification and properties of enzymes, co-enzymes, catalysis etc. Enzymes are highly quantified and precise in their behavior and we will learn about these concepts under enzyme kinetics and enzyme regulation. We conclude the course with the applied aspects.
Target Audience
Medical students – Allopathy, Dental
Alternative Medicine students – Homeopathy, Ayurveda
Para/Allied medical students – Nursing, Physiotherapy, BSc Biochemistry
Post graduate students – General medicine, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Endocrinology, Enzymology, MD/MSc/PhD Biochemistry.
Course Delivery Format
This course is delivered entirely online. It consists of a series of comprehensive lectures by a professor in the subject, appropriately annotated with slides, animations and wherever necessary, interactive content. The delivery offers tremendous flexibility. You may pause a teacher while you refer to your textbooks (not includes) and to take notes. You may also rewind a segment to listen to the teacher again or you may skip a slide or two if you already know that bit. You may bookmark a segment that you wish to return to later, maybe to refresh just before your exams. While the lessons in this course may be arranged in a particular order based on our curriculum, you have the flexibility to take them in order of your preference based on your personalized learning needs.
Benefits
While this course is to help you learn the subject from an online faculty, it may help you in several ways even if you are already enrolled in some medical, dental or paramedical school. Many of our students felt that the format in which this course is delivered has helped them to cope up against the fast paced lectures in actual class – it’s like having a TV remote in class to self-pace your teacher. Animations help understand concepts better by making concepts easy to understand… and difficult to forget.
Dr. Rama Devi
Jayanth Venugopal
Gandhi Medical College