Pathophysiology and Application 2

Catalog description

In this course, students explore the assessment, pathophysiology and interventions, including pharmacology, for common disorders of the nervous, immune, endocrine and reproductive systems. Variations in disease occurrence, onset, signs/symptoms and interventions due to age, gender, race, genetics and other variables are examined. Application of clinical reasoning skills, current evidence based practice, treatment and prevention is emphasized. Students develop and implement a lesson plan for teaching assessment, pathophysiology and interventions of a specific disease/disorder.