- Pathophysiology

Catalog description

This course will focus on abnormal physiology, providing an in-depth examination of the cellular and molecular origins of disease and disease related processes. The aim of this course is to provide students with an approach for relating microscopic processes to macroscopic disease presentation, diagnostic methods, and treatment options. This course will focus on the Etiology of pathologies, including: infectious, degenerative, neoplastic, metabolic, genetic/congenital, and trauma/environmental. Pathophysiologic underpinnings of common diseases related to the major body systems will be utilized as examples in discussion etiology and disease progression.