Foundations of Health and Disease

Catalog description

The Foundations of Health & Disease course is an intensive trans-disciplinary course that incorporates foundational aspects of cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology, gross anatomy and histology. The course is presented using lecture, interactive case-based clinical correlation, clinical scenario, and assigned self-directed study. The main objective of the course is to promote student learning of the biochemical, molecular, and cellular mechanisms underlying normal structure and function at the cellular and sub-cellular level, as well as to provide a foundation for understanding functional defects and disease processes. The course is structured based on levels of cell and tissue organization, and on cellular and molecular events that can cause dysfunction.