Digestion & Metabolism II

Catalog description

The Defense and Metabolism block in year 2 of the core curriculum covers the pathology (gross, histopathologic, and clinicopathologic), diagnosis, medical treatment, and surgical interventions for diseases of the digestive system. Blocks will use a combination of lectures, laboratories, group assignments, seminars, and out of class projects to teach and reinforce the information. Case examples will be used to help the students better understand, research, integrate and think about the concepts taught in the classroom and laboratory.