MODULE 1 BIOCHEMISTRY - 3 MONTHS

• Composition and structure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
• Cell specialisations
• Cellular environment.
• Cell transport, signalling, growth, division, cell death, protein folding and trafficking
• Genomics and human variation
• Structure and function of genes, the principles of their inheritance
• Genetic disorders
• Enzymes – mechanisms, kinetics, control
• Cellular metabolism 

MODULE 2 ANATOMY -- 3 MONTHS

• The nervous system
• Microanatomy of the nervous system
• The cerebral cortex
• Pathology of the brain
• Vision
• Hearing & balance
• Chemosensation
• Spinalcord
• ​Muscle anatomy 

MODULE 3 PHYSIOLOGY- 3 MONTHS

• Membrane Physiology, Nerve, and Muscle
• Transport of Substances Through Cell Membranes
• Membrane Potentials and Action Potentials
• Contraction of Skeletal Muscle
• Excitation of Skeletal Muscle: Neuromuscular Transmission and Excitation-Contraction Coupling
• Excitation and Contraction of Smooth Muscle
• The Heart
• Cardiac Muscle; The Heart as a Pump and Function of the Heart Valves
• Rhythmical Excitation of the Heart
• The Normal Electrocardiogram
• Electrocardiographic Interpretation of Cardiac Muscle and Coronary Blood Flow Abnormalities: Vectorial Analysis
• Cardiac Arrhythmias and Their Electrocardiographic Interpretation

​EVALUATION
Papers 
Viva voce 

Text books 

• Lippincott Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry (Textbook)
• Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry (Textbook)
• Human anatomy and physiology 8th edn USA: Benjamin Cummings 
• Guyton and Hall textbook of medical physiology (Textbook)