Syllabus

The course is based on the six or seven levels of organisation to be found in standard textbooks of anatomy and physiology:

Part 1

Fundamentals

What is Life?

James Lovelock & Robert Becker

Energy & Matter

James Oschman,

Chemistry

Atoms & molecules

Organic chemistry

Cells

Basic structure

Organelles     

Bruce Lipton & Deepak Chopra

Tissues

Epithelial

Nervous

Muscle

Skeletal

Part 2

Organs & Systems

Nervous

Cardiovascular

Respiratory

Digestive

Endocrine

Immune & Lymphatic

Self/Non-Self Theory

Polly Matzinger’s Danger Theory

Urinary

Reproductive

Pathology will be taught from three points of view:

• Disordered physiology
• Disease originating from within: failure of the immune function
• Pharmacology: using the British National Formulary website