Course in Spanish and English. November 6 to 27, 2023
17:00-20:00 h
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION COURSE. Course code:21812.
1,5 ECTs.
UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ DE HENARES (UAH).
ORGANIZED by: Vice-Rectorate for Graduate Studies, Continuing Education and University Extension of the University of Alcalá (UAH).
COURSE DESCRIPTION
POSSIBILITY OF FOLLOWING THE COURSE DURING THE 2024 ACADEMIC YEAR, BY WATCHING THE VIDEOS OF THE RECORDED CLASSES OF THE NOVEMBER 2023 COURSE. THIS MODALITY DOES NOT HAVE RECOGNITION IN ECTS CREDITS AND THE ENROLMENT MUST BE CARRIED OUT ONLY THROUGH OSTEORESEARCH.
This course is designed for students with an interest in palaeopathology, both at an introductory and advanced level. The main alterations usually observed in archaeological bone remains and mummified remains will be dealt with. Special emphasis will be placed on the study of diseases of traumatic and infectious origin, without neglecting the rest of the programme.
We will differentiate between Anatomical Variations and true pathologies. Specific classes will be given for each group of pathologies, according to their aetiology. All cases will be illustrated with photographs, videos, X-rays, CT and histology images, in most cases taken by the same lecturers who will be teaching the course.
The experience accumulated by the teachers of the course during more than 30 years of working with bone remains has allowed us to design the classes with our own material that we have studied directly and that, in many cases, has been published in journals of impact or defended in national and international congresses.
The classes will be completed with on-line exercises, based on photographs or radiographic and/or CT images, which the students will carry out at home and the teachers will correct personally in each case.
Student profile:
Course designed for members of the State Security Forces and Corps, university students of Criminalistics, Law, Criminology, Biology, Archaeology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Medicine, Paleopathology, Computer Science, Nursing, Electronics and other professionals related to forensic sciences.
Course designed for students interested in Paleopathology, both at an introductory and advanced level, with special interest in anthropology and forensic paleopathology of human remains.
And all those with an interest in the knowledge of diseases in antiquity, the evolution of pathologies, attempts to cure them in the past, their treatment and their impact on the societies of the past.
Course objective:
- To understand the importance of the study of diseases for a perfect knowledge of past societies.
- To know the history, evolution, migrations and current status of some of the diseases that have caused the most deaths throughout history.
- Learn to use an action protocol for the study of pathological cases that may appear in the study of a forensic case or a necropolis.
- Use radiological and CT images in archaeological and forensic remains.
- To make a paleopathological report from the skeletal remains of a problem individual.
- Differentiate between anatomical variability and true pathology, avoiding diagnostic and forensic identification errors.
Program:
Total teaching hours: 40: 30 lectures; 10 internships.
- PSEUDOPATHOLOGY.
Anatomical variability.
Non-pathological alterations. Taphonomic alterations
Anthropogenic disturbances: Pseudopathology associated with mortuary practices.
Avoiding error: importance in forensic case examinations.
Practical exercises on pathological and non-pathological parts.
- INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Periostitis and its diagnostic value.
Bacterial infections and their reflection in bone remains. Main bacterial diseases: Syphilis, Leprosy, Tuberculosis, Osteomyelitis, Brucellosis.
Infections caused by fungi.
Parasitic infections.
- CONGENITAL DISEASES.
Congenital diseases affecting the skull.
Congenital diseases affecting the axial vertebral skeleton.
Congenital diseases affecting the girdle and limbs.
- TRAUMATIC DISEASES I.
Differentiation between antemortem, perimortem and postmortem traumas. Examples and exercises on archaeological samples.
Types of fractures. Mechanisms of action and osteological signs of each of them.
Dislocations.
Trepanations
Intentional deformations.
- TRAUMATIC ILLNESS II. VIOLENCE
Surgical amputations, mutilations. Decapitations.
Autopsy marks on archaeological material.
Trauma caused by blunt objects. The importance of their recognition in a forensic context.
Trauma caused by sharp objects. The importance of their recognition in a forensic context.
Trauma caused by projectiles and firearms. The importance of their recognition in a forensic context.
- NEOPLASTIC DISEASES.
General principles of neoplastic diseases.
Cancer in antiquity.
Classification of neoplasms: Primary benign bone and cartilage tumours; Primary malignant bone tumours; Metastatic tumours.
- DEGENERATIVE DISEASES.
Degenerative diseases of the spine.
DISH / Ankylosing Spondylitis.
Rheumatoid arthritis. Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Osteoarthritis secondary to trauma.
Drop.
- ENDOCRINE-METABOLIC DISEASES.
Rickets and Osteomalacia.
Scurvy.
Osteoporosis.
9.- CIRCULATORY DISORDERS
Osteochondritis dissecans.
Osteochondrosis
Necrosis of the femoral head.
Slipped femoral capital epiphysis.
- MISCELLANEOUS.
Schmörl's nodules. Herniated discs.
Haematological diseases: Anaemias, Leukaemias.
Paget's disease. Leontiasis of bone.
Skeletal dysplasias.
Internal frontal hyperostosis.
CERTIFICATION
Students who attend and take advantage of the course will obtain a diploma from the University of Alcalá (UAH) and 1.5 ECT credits that can be validated in any Spanish or foreign university. These ECTs credits are valid for the CV and to complete the degree credits.
REGISTRATION and RESERVATION
The number of students is limited and reservations will be made on a first-come, first-served basis.
Enrollment in OsteoResearch is not available. YOU CAN ONLY REGISTER THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ (UAH).
You can enroll in the training courses on the website of the University of Alcalá.
Specifically for the Paleopathology Course, you can download the UAH explanatory brochure at the following address:
https://posgrado.uah.es/es/cursos-de-extension-universitaria/cursos-extension/21812-Paleopatologia/
DISCOUNT
Price 250€:
Reduced
IUICP members €100
UAH students and unemployed students 190 € 190
Characteristics of the course
- Conferences 10
- Questionnaires 0
- Duration 40 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Students 23
- Evaluations Yes