Beauty of the micro world—pathology

Welcome to study pathology. During the next 16 weeks, we will lead you into the beautiful world under the microscope.

The Department of Pathology, School of basic medicine, Shandong University (also in charge of the pathology department of Qilu Hospital) ，which was founded in 1925 in the medical department of Qilu University，is the main lecture team of this MOOC. It was founded and presided over by Hou Baozhang, a famous pathologist and pioneer of pathology in China. Through the joint efforts of several generations, the Department of pathology of Shandong University has greatly promoted the development of pathology in Shandong Province and provided great support for the training of pathologists in Shandong Province and even the whole country.At present, it is one of the first batch of national key clinical specialties, a key discipline of Shandong Province during the 11th Five Year Plan period, and a key discipline with characteristics in Shandong Province during the 12th Five Year Plan period.

This lecture was led by Professor Han Bo（Deputy director of the Department of Pathology, Professor of Shandong University）and Professor Zhang Cuijuan （Head of the course group of the Department of pathology）.80% of the teachers have the title of associate professor or above and have rich teaching experience. Dear students, let's lead you into the study of pathology!

Pathology is a bridge between basic medicine and clinical medicine. It explores why the disease occurs (etiology), how it occurs (pathogenesis), what changes (metabolism, function and morphology) will occur, and what the outcome will be. The task of pathology is to provide the theoretical basis for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases for clinical medicine, to participate in the diagnosis of clinical diseases, to evaluate the new therapies and to discover and recognize the new diseases together with the clinic.

The MOOC of pathology here is divided into two parts: General pathology and systemic pathology. The general pathology includes the adaptation and damage of cells and tissues, the repair of injury, local circulation disorders, inflammation and tumor, which are the common features of various diseases and  the basic pathological changes and mechanisms of diseases. Systemic pathology includes cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, digestive system diseases, urinary system diseases, reproductive system diseases, lymphopoietic diseases and other common diseases.

We hope that through this course, we can lay a foundation for your clinical work in the future, and stimulate your interest in exploring the nature of the disease and studying the outcome of the disease.