FMCH01 Chemistry - preparatory course

Faculty of Medicine
autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. Type of Completion: -.
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Jiří Dostál, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Eva Táborská, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Josef Tomandl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Josef Tomandl, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Supplier department: Department of Biochemistry – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites
basic chemistry education, high-school A levels recommended
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
E-learning preparatory courses are for students who intend to study General Medicine, Dentistry in English language. The goal of the course is revising secondary school knowledge of chemistry and practicing answering skills essential for success at the entrance examination. Description of the course: this course consists of several units (see the course contents) in which theoretical backgrounds needed for understanding the given topic are specified.
Learning outcomes
Each unit contains a short test providing feedback on partial knowledge, a discussion group serving as space for participants’ communication with both their colleagues and tutors. Individual courses are concluded with final tests similar to the actual entrance tests; its score informs about participants’ chance to pass the entrance exam.
Syllabus
  •   1. Basic chemical terms
  •   2. Stoichiometric calculations
  •   3. Atomic structure
  •   4. Periodic table of elements
  •   5. Chemical bonds
  •   6. Nomenclature of inorganic compounds
  •   7. Solutions. Electrolytes. Acids and Bases
  •   8. Oxidation and reduction
  •   9. Brief synapsis of inorganic compounds
  • 10. Introduction to organic chemistry
  • 11. Alcohols. Thiols. Aldehydes
  • 12. Carboxylic acids and their derivatives
  • 13. Amines. Nitro compounds
  • 14. Heterocyclic compounds
  • 15. Sacharides
  • 16. Fatty acids and lipids
  • 17. Amino acids and proteins
  • 18. Enzymes
  • 19. Vitamins
  • 20. Nucleotides and nucleic acids
  • 21. Energy and metabolism
Literature
    recommended literature
  • TÁBORSKÁ, Eva and Jiří DOSTÁL. Overview of Chemistry. 3. dotisk 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2019, 129 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5193-5. info
  • TIMBERLAKE, Karen C. Chemistry : an introduction to general, organic, and biological chemistry. Twelfth edition. Boston: Pearson, 2015, 704, 4. ISBN 9780321908445. info
Teaching methods
E-learning course
Assessment methods
The course is not evaluated, serves only as a preparation for entrance examination to Faculty of Medicine.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: distance course.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, autumn 2018, autumn 2019, autumn 2020, autumn 2021, autumn 2022, autumn 2023.
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