About the Course
The human body is under the constant threat of invasion by numerous bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi. It is the immune system which defends, keeps a constant vigil by policing, and fights and protects the body against infections.
The course deals with molecular mechanisms of the immune system regulation. The mechanisms of host-pathogen interaction, antigen recognition and immune cell activation are analysed. Regulatory interactions are followed for different types of immune cells and immune responses. Defects in the molecular mechanisms leading to immunological pathologies are discussed.
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, Immunology, 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.
Sandeep Bansal
Andhra Govt Medical College