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Class of 2017
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Session Title:
Physiology of Absorption
Teaching Hours:
Teaching and Learning MethodsTotal Scheduled Hours = 1
Lecture = 1
Description:
Physiology

Teaching and Learning Methods
Lecture 1 hour(s)

Learning Objectives
Blueprint ID Learning Objectives
6890 Identify basic methods by which sodium ions, water, carbohydrate, amino acids, lipids, vitamins and minerals are absorbed from the gut lumen.
6891 Discuss physiological significance of multiple pathways of sodium absorption.
6892 Describe the functional differences between sodium-linked glucose transporters and other glucose transporters.
6893 Discuss the significance of fatty acid chain length on mechanism of absorption and fate of the molecule.
6894 Discuss the significance of peptide and amino acid absorptive pathways.
6895 Discuss basic principles of fat soluble vitamin absorption, and characteristics of water soluble vitamin absorption.
6896 Describe the absorptive process for iron and calcium.

Linked Course Goal(s) to Session
Blueprint ID Course Goals
7023 Integrate basic and clinical sciences as they relate to common clinical encounters and patient symptoms
Linked Program Competencies
To This Course Goal:
me-6
Linked Program Competencies To Course Goal(s)
me-6 Medical Expert
Apply knowledge of the clinical, socio-behavioural, and fundamental biomedical sciences relevant to a clinical problem.

Linked MCC Medical Expert Objectives
(006-2) LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
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(022-1) ACUTE DIARRHEA
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(016-1) ADULT CONSTIPATION
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(006-1) UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
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(003-2) ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN
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(003-4) ANORECTAL PAIN
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(003-1) ABDOMINAL PAIN (CHILDREN)
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(003-3) CHRONIC ABDOMINAL PAIN
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(022-2) CHRONIC DIARRHEA
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(026) DYSPHAGIA
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(012-2) CALCIUM DISORDERS
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(047-1) FECAL INCONTINENCE
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(051) ABNORMAL, SERUM LIPIDS
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(001) ABDOMINAL DISTENSION
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