Clinical App Pathophysiology Pharm (HIT 115)

Term: 2023-2024 AY Summer

Faculty

Trena Marie SoucyShow MyInfo popup for Trena Marie Soucy

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Description

Designed to educate HIM students in the study of pathophysiology and general health management of disease and injuries across the human life span. The course will examine the fundamentals of pathophysiology as it is manifested within each body system. It will include pathogenesis etiology, clinical manifestations, current diagnostics, and pharmacological and other treatment modalities. Emphasis will be on disease terminology and abbreviations with identification of disease symptomatology, differential diagnosis and evaluation of laboratory data and drug therapy through textbook readings. It will also focus on the principles of drug action and how the use of drugs alters the disease process. Also included will be the cellular mechanisms of drug actions and the mechanisms of adverse drug effects. Prerequisite(s): None Corequisite(s): BIO114.