Patient Presentation III

Catalog description

This course consists of 3 modules focusing on the musculoskeletal system, the renal system, and the endocrine system. Each 4-week module emphasizes the biomedical sciences (biochemistry, physiology, microbiology, pharmacology, and pathophysiology) and the essential molecular and cellular processes that differentiate normal from abnormal function of these organ systems. The course uses the patient presentations model to establish and reinforce connections between structural and functional foundations of health and illness. Working as individuals and in teams, students relate the biomedical sciences to medical practice through patient cases with chief complaints, signs, symptoms, and causative or diagnostic schemas, within the framework of osteopathic medicine. This course prepares students to apply their understanding of biomedical sciences to make informative deductions about the diagnosis and treatment of common or life-threatening disorders of the musculoskeletal, renal, and endocrine systems, as well as their systemic complications.