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PAP 223
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Title: | Pathophysiology |
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Long Title: | Pathophysiology |
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Course Description: | Requires students to focus on the clinical pathophysiology of human illness through the examination of the cellular and organ-based aspects of disease. Emphasis is placed on how the disease process begins, progresses and ends. Presentations in PAP 221 (Clinical Medicine) track with the material in this course, allowing students to correlate the pathophysiology of specific diseases with the medical and surgical management of those conditions. |
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Min Credit: | 2 |
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Course Notes: | Previously PAP 235, title change 7/28/09 s@ |
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Origin Notes: | RRCC |
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Status Notes: | corresponds to 37.5 contact hours |
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| S: For the Physician Assistant Program, 1 hour credit |
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I. Develop and utilize the vocabulary specific to pathophysiology.
II. Describe and evaluate mechanistically what can go wrong with each organ system.
III. Apply skills that allow learning to occur from the medical literature.
IV. Describe the general categories of infectious agents that are pathogenic to humans, and how they are classified.
V. Identify host barriers to infection and how they break down.
VI. Describe and evaluate mechanisms by which infectious agents cause disease.
VII. Describe the causes of cellular injury, the mechanisms of injury at the molecular level, and the morphologic sequelae of injury as seen microscopically.
VIII. Explain the various cellular adaptations to injury, including atrophy, hypertrophy, hyperplasia and metaplasia, and cellular aging.
IX. Explain the acute and chronic inflammatory process.
X. Describe biological similarities and differences between benign and malignant cells and between benign and malignant neoplasms at the microscopic level, the macroscopic level and at the clinical level.
XI. Describe general concepts of the etiology and epidemiology of cancer, the current understanding of the molecular basis of carcinogenesis, biology of tumor growth, and host defense mechanisms
I. Diseases/Disorders of the Gastrointestinal System
II. Diseases/Disorders of the Dermatologic System
III. Diseases/Disorders of the Neurologic System
IV. Diseases/Disorders of the Endocrine System
V. Diseases/Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System
VI. Diseases/Disorders of the Neurologic System
VII. Diseases/Disorders of the Pulmonary System
VIII. Diseases/Disorders of the Cardiovascular System
IX. Diseases/Disorders of the Ear/Nose/Throat
X. Diseases/Disorders of the Hematologic System
XI. Diseases/Disorders of the Male/Female Reproductive Systems
XII. Diseases/Disorders of the Urinary/Renal System
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