Digestion, Nutrition and Metabolism | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

FOM 1211

Course Credit Units:

Semester:

Semester 1

Year of Study:

Year 2

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Undergraduate Level

College:

College of Health Sciences

School:

School of Medicine

Department:

Internal Medicine

Course Discipline:

Biology

Course Description & Objectives:

This course introduces students to structures, their function and molecules involved in digestion, nutrition and metabolism in humans. The processes through which food goes through from the time of obtaining it to the time it is utilized by the human body cells and the laboratory investigations which could be done when thing go wrong.

Learning Outcomes:

Demonstration of ability to identify and describe the structures of the GIT
Appreciation of the function of the GIT structures
Appreciation of the molecules involved in metabolism
Demonstration of skills in determining blood glucose levels,

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