Knowledge-based 

Level 5

Welcome and introduction

📕 UNIT 1: Your certification fundamentals

📘 UNIT 2: Skills Lab™: What's your goal? 

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Module Quiz

0. Certification fundamentals

Module 1 Learning Outcomes

POLL: How confident are you with anatomy and physiology basics?

📕 UNIT 1:  Why study anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and lifestyle medicine?

INTERACT: Mortality rates from CVD, cancer, diabetes, or CRD

POLL: How strong is your grasp of anatomical language?

📕 UNIT 2: Getting a Grasp on Anatomical Terminology

▶️ Watch and Learn: Anatomical Terms – Drawn & Defined

1. Introduction to pathophysiology and lifestyle medicine

Module 2 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Just how many cells make up the human body?

📕 UNIT 1: Cell fundamentals: The basic units of life

▶️ Watch and Learn: Overview of Cell Structure

INTERACT: Cell numbers per human organ system

POLL: What really drives human disease?

📕 UNIT 2: What contributes to poorer health and disease?

📕 UNIT 3: Transport across a membrane

POLL: Can you tell mitosis and meiosis apart?

📕 UNIT 4: Cell division, mitosis, and meiosis

▶️ Watch and Learn: Real Microscopic Mitosis

2. Cell structure and function

Module 3 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Take a guess on how many cellular pathways we have

📕 UNIT 1: What is metabolism?

📕 UNIT 2: Enzymes: Catalysing reactions

▶️ Watch and Learn: What turns pesto black?

3. Cellular metabolism

Module 4 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Ever wondered how your skin heals after a cut?

📕 UNIT 1: Why do we have skin? 

▶️ Watch and Learn: How We Get Our Skin Color

📕 UNIT 2: What are the different layers of the skin?

▶️ Watch and Learn: Immunology in the skin

POLL: Have you suffered from any skin conditions? 

📕 UNIT 3: Examining 6 common skin conditions

4. Integumentary system

Module 5 Learning Outcomes

POLL: How many bones are in the human body?

📕 UNIT 1: The bones that hold us together

POLL: How fragile are our bones? 

📕 UNIT 2: The fundamentals of 4 skeletal conditions

POLL: Have you ever had any of these skeletal conditions?

5. Skeletal system

Module 6 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Share your experience with a muscle strain

📕 UNIT 1: Moving muscles

▶️ Watch and Learn: Sliding Filament theory in muscle contraction

POLL: Which muscular conditions have you experienced?

📕 UNIT 2: Muscular system conditions

 6. Muscular system

Module 7 Learning Outcomes

📕 UNIT 1: The major control, regulatory, and communication system

▶️ Watch and Learn: Introduction to the Human Brain

POLL: Take a guess at the weight of the human brain

📕 UNIT 2: The brain and nerves of the nervous system

POLL: Share your history of neurological and nerve-related symptoms

📕 UNIT 3:  Creating an action potential

📕 UNIT 4: Nervous system conditions

7. Nervous system

Module 8 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Can you spot the difference between general and special senses?

📕 UNIT 1: What are our special senses?

📕 UNIT 2: Our 5 special senses

▶️ Watch and Learn: Testing the limits of human vision

POLL: Has your eyesight ever needed extra help?

📕 UNIT 3: 3 conditions relating to vision

8. The senses

Module 9 Learning Outcomes

POLL: How far back do you think hormone science goes?

📕 UNIT 1: Production, secretion, and regulation of hormones

📕 UNIT 2: 6 structures and their hormones

POLL: Share your history of endocrine health challenges

📕 UNIT 3: Endocrine system disorders

9. Endocrine system

Module 10 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Where does your resting heart rate usually sit?

📕 UNIT 1: Arteries, veins, and capillaries running through the body

▶️ Watch and Learn: Heart 101 by National Geographic

📕 UNIT 2: The components of our blood

POLL: Share your history of cardiovascular-related conditions

📕 UNIT 3: Cardiovascular system disorders

▶️ Watch and Learn: Inflammation and Heart Disease

10. Cardiovascular system

Module 11 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Take a guess at the scale of the lymphatic system

📕 UNIT 1: Ridding the body of toxins, waste, and unwanted materials

POLL: Have you ever checked for swollen lymph nodes?

11. Lymphatic system

Module 12 Learning Outcomes

📕 UNIT 1:  Fighting infection

▶️ Watch and Learn: Immune Cells Eating Bacteria (Phagocytosis)

POLL: How recently has your immune system been put to the test?

📕 UNIT 2: When the immune system is working too hard or not enough

▶️ Watch and Learn: Understanding Food Allergy

12. Immune system

Module 13 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Does eating often leave you feeling uncomfortable?

📕 UNIT 1: Introduction to the digestive system

▶️ Watch and Learn: Anatomy of the Digestive System

📕 UNIT 2: From mouth to stomach

📕 UNIT 3: The stomach

📕 UNIT 4: The pancreas, liver, and gallbladder

📕 UNIT 5: The intestines

▶️ Watch and Learn: The Gut-Brain Connection

POLL: Share your history of gut-related health problems

📕 UNIT 6: Gastrointestinal conditions (part 1) 

📕 UNIT 7: Gastrointestinal conditions (part 2)

13. Digestive system

Module 14 Learning Outcomes

POLL: How long do you think it’s possible for a human to hold their breath?

📕 UNIT 1: The science behind breathing in and out

▶️ Watch and Learn: Exquisite lungs breathing

POLL: Share your history of respiratory health challenges

📕 UNIT 2:  When respiration is out of balance

14. Respiratory system

Module 15 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Take a guess at normal bladder capacity

📕 UNIT 1: More than just removing waste through urine

POLL: Share your history of bladder and kidney-related conditions

📕 UNIT 2: 4 urinary system conditions

15. Urinary system

Module 16 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Check in with your daily fluid intake habits

📕 UNIT 1: Water balance

▶️ Watch and Learn: What would happen if you didn’t drink water?

📕 UNIT 2: Electrolyte balance

📕 UNIT 3: Acid-base balance

16. Water, electrolytes, acid-base balance

Module 17 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Ladies in class: Check in with your usual menstrual cycle pattern

📕 UNIT 1: Female reproductive system

POLL: Take a guess at daily sperm production

📕 UNIT 2: Male reproductive system

POLL: Is fertilisation really just a race to the egg?

📕 UNIT 3: Conception and implantation

📕 UNIT 4: Reproductive health concerns

17. Reproductive system

Module 18 Learning Outcomes

📕 UNIT 1: The 6 main human life cycle stages

▶️ Watch and Learn: 40 Weeks In The Womb by Ultrasound Dimensions

18. Human development and life cycle

Module 19 Learning Outcomes

POLL: How do you see the difference between health and wellness?

📕 UNIT 1: Health risk questionnaires

POLL: How familiar are you with heart health terminology?

📕 UNIT 2: Routine screenings per age group

POLL: What belongs in a standard biometric check?

📕 UNIT 3: Components of basic biometrics

POLL: Can you recognise a typical sign of an underactive thyroid?

📕 UNIT 4: Thyroid and other common blood tests

Downloadable Client Materials and Session Handouts

19. Modifiable lifestyle factors

Module 20 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Where do self-care and self-management matter most?

POLL: Reflect on what is, and is not, within our control

📕 UNIT 1: Lifestyle medicine practice within medical care

POLL: Is fear of future illness enough to motivate long-term change?

📕 UNIT 2: Lifestyle medicine practice outside medical care

POLL: How familiar are you with the idea of the exposome?

📕 UNIT 3: Modifiable lifestyle factors for disease risk reduction

▶️ Watch and Learn: Exposomics 2030 Vision

20. Lifestyle medicine practice

Module 21 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Has sleep ever been a challenge for you?

POLL: How often does stress feel like too much?

📕 UNIT 1: Sleep and stress

▶️ Watch and Learn: The benefits of a good night's sleep

POLL: Check in with your tobacco habits

POLL: Reflect on your alcohol consumption habits

📕 UNIT 2: Smoking and alcohol consumption

POLL: Do you actively keep an eye on weight maintenance?

POLL: Share your current weight category

📕 UNIT 3: Weight maintenance, obesity, and metabolic syndrome

21. Core modifiable lifestyle factors

Module 22 Learning Outcomes

📕 UNIT: Dos, don'ts, and must dos

Before you take your Final Exam

Final Exam

22. Professional considerations

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Accessing Your Certificate

23. Final Steps

<p>Enhance&nbsp;your&nbsp;professional&nbsp;opportunities&nbsp;with&nbsp;this&nbsp;63-unit&nbsp;certification&nbsp;and&nbsp;gain&nbsp;a&nbsp;deep&nbsp;insight&nbsp;into&nbsp;how&nbsp;the&nbsp;human&nbsp;body&nbsp;functions,&nbsp;the&nbsp;roots&nbsp;and&nbsp;consequences&nbsp;of&nbsp;unwanted&nbsp;physiological&nbsp;imbalances,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;lifestyle&nbsp;factors&nbsp;shaping&nbsp;our&nbsp;health.&nbsp;You’ll&nbsp;uncover&nbsp;the&nbsp;inner&nbsp;workings&nbsp;of&nbsp;human&nbsp;anatomical&nbsp;components&nbsp;and&nbsp;physiological&nbsp;mechanisms,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;origins&nbsp;of&nbsp;pathophysiological&nbsp;processes&nbsp;–&nbsp;including&nbsp;over&nbsp;75&nbsp;different&nbsp;medical&nbsp;conditions.&nbsp;You’ll&nbsp;also&nbsp;be&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;interpret&nbsp;essential&nbsp;biometric&nbsp;data&nbsp;and&nbsp;recognise&nbsp;the&nbsp;most&nbsp;impactful&nbsp;lifestyle&nbsp;medicine&nbsp;modifications&nbsp;for&nbsp;mitigating&nbsp;disease&nbsp;risk&nbsp;and&nbsp;for&nbsp;optimising&nbsp;wellbeing.&nbsp;</p>

Enhance your professional opportunities and gain a deep insight into the causes and consequences of unwanted imbalances in the human body and the lifestyle factors impacting health and wellbeing

Fundamentals of Anatomy, Pathophysiology, and Lifestyle Medicine

Maurice Castelijn

What you will learn

Have foundational knowledge of human anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology and lifestyle medicine

Recognise cell structure and function, including the importance of DNA, the cell cycle, mitosis, and meiosis

Understand cellular metabolism including glycolysis, Krebs’s cycle, electron transport chain, gluconeogenesis, and ketogenesis

Illustrate the fundamental anatomy and physiology of the human body systems: integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune, digestive, respiratory, and reproductive

Discern the pathophysiology of over 75 health conditions that affect human body systems

Analyse the stages of human development and the human life cycle

Interpret essential biometric data, conduct health risks assessments, and know when to refer a client to a medical or other support professional

Understand the principles of lifestyle medicine practice within medical settings and outside medical settings

Identify modifiable factors that influence our health and wellbeing such as dietary factors, environmental factors, relational and societal factors, and health attitudes and beliefs

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