Multi-System Module — 3rd Year MBBS

About Course

The Multi-System Module is an integrated 3rd Year MBBS course developed according to the KMU modular curriculum and AIM Learning Framework. It integrates Pharmacology, Pathology, Forensic Medicine, Community Medicine, Family Medicine and Research across key areas including autonomic pharmacology, toxicology, death and medico-legal investigation, genetics, neoplasia, cancer therapeutics and selected systemic health topics. Through clinically oriented learning, students develop strong conceptual understanding and apply core principles to examination-focused and real-world clinical scenarios.

Course Content

📘 Topic 1 — Autonomic Nervous System Foundations and Cholinergic Pharmacology

📘 Topic 2 — Antimuscarinic and Ganglion-Blocking Drugs

📘 Topic 3 — General Principles of Poisoning, Antidotes and Medico-Legal Management

📘 Topic 4 — Organophosphate, Nerve-Gas and Mushroom Poisoning

📘 Topic 5 — Smoking, International Health and Global Public-Health Agencies

📘 Topic 6 — Research Ethics, Research Misconduct and Referencing

📘 Topic 7 — Sympathomimetic Drugs: Adrenergic Pharmacology and Clinical Applications

📘 Topic 8 — Sympatholytic Drugs: Alpha, Beta and Mixed Adrenoceptor Antagonists

📘 Topic 9 — Death, Brain Death and Early Postmortem Changes

📘 Topic 10 — Rigor Mortis, Algor Mortis and Estimation of Time Since Death

📘 Topic 11 — Late Postmortem Changes: Putrefaction, Maceration, Adipocere and Mummification

📘 Topic 12 — Medico-Legal Autopsy: Principles, Autopsy Suite and Examination Protocol

📘 Topic 13 — Exhumation and Examination of Skeletonized Remains

📘 Topic 14 — Special Medico-Legal Autopsy, Infant Death and Difficult Postmortem Situations

📘 Topic 15 — Genetic Disorders, Patterns of Inheritance and Molecular Diagnosis

📘 Topic 16 — Neoplasia, Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention, Control and Screening

📘 Topic 17 — Molecular Basis of Cancer and Carcinogenesis

📘 Topic 18 — Clinical Behavior, Spread, Diagnosis, Staging and Immunity of Tumors

📘 Topic 19 — Anticancer Pharmacology and Principles of Cancer Chemotherapy

📘 Topic 20 — Eicosanoids, Dermatologic Pharmacotherapy and Selected Herbal Medicines

📘 Topic 21 — Child Labor, Child Abuse and Public-Health Prevention