Renal System

Catalog description

This course will highlight the renal system’s contribution to maintaining homeostatic levels of fluids, electrolytes, pH, and blood pressure. The behavior of this intricate system will be considered in normal health and in a variety of disorders. The clinical presentations (CPs) within the Renal course will focus on common situations and presentations that a primary care physician will experience such as hypertension, abnormal levels of different electrolytes, metabolic acidosis and alkalosis, polyuria, proteinuria and hematuria, renal calculi, renal mass, acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease, and edema. Each week consists of 1 to 2 CPs that are accompanied by clinical algorithms, clinical reasoning guides, and objectives lists. Clinical faculty will walk the students through the clinical algorithm emphasizing critical decision points and setting the framework for the integration of the basic and clinical sciences. Following the clinical algorithm presentation by the…