Biometeorology - How the Weather Affects Our Health?

Adatok

A Tantárgybejelentőben megadott hivatalos adatok az alábbi tanévre: 2023-2024

Tematika

The climate and weather of the Earth have a significant impact on the biological functions and health of the human body. This is even more true today as we face the wide-ranging effects of global climate change. The science of biometeorology, which is concerned with the description and analysis of these complex systems, has emerged as a result of the collaboration between climatology and medicine. The course will use the current state-of-the-art literature to present examples and illustrate the effects of weather on both infectious and chronic diseases.
The aim of the course is to familiarise medical students with this aspect and context of environmental effects, thus helping them to acquire complex thinking and problem-solving skills.

Előadások

• 1. Introduction to biometeorology - Márovics Gergely Péter
• 2. History of biometeorolog - Márovics Gergely Péter
• 3. Climatology 1. – Climate, weather - Márovics Gergely Péter
• 4. Climatology 2. – Global climate change - Márovics Gergely Péter
• 5. The effects of weather on communicable diseases 1. – Airborne infections - Márovics Gergely Péter
• 6. The effects of weather on communicable diseases 2. – Enteral infections - Márovics Gergely Péter
• 7. The effects of weather on non–communicable diseases 1. – Cardiovascular diseases: High blood pressure - Márovics Gergely Péter
• 8. The effects of weather on non–communicable diseases 2. – Cardiovascular diseases: Heart diseases - Márovics Gergely Péter
• 9. The effects of weather on non–communicable diseases 3. – Respiratory diseases: Asthma - Márovics Gergely Péter
• 10. The effects of weather on non–communicable diseases 4. – Respiratory diseases: COPD - Márovics Gergely Péter
• 11. The weather and the health care system 1. – Emergency calls - Márovics Gergely Péter
• 12. The weather and the health care system 2. – Hospital admissions - Márovics Gergely Péter

Gyakorlatok

Szemináriumok

A tananyag elsajátításához szükséges segédanyagok

Kötelező irodalom

Saját oktatási anyag

Jegyzet

Ajánlott irodalom

International Journal of Biometeorology
Essentials of Medical Meteorology. Curic, Zafirovski and Spiridonov, Springer 2021.
Biometeorology for Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change. Ian Burton and Glenn McGregor, Springer 2010.

A félév elfogadásának feltételei

Maximum of 25 % absence allowed

Félévközi ellenőrzések

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Távolmaradás pótlásának lehetőségei

No possibility for making up missed classes.

Vizsgakérdések

Electronic material uploaded to Neptun

Vizsgáztatók

Gyakorlatok, szemináriumok oktatói