This course is the first in a sequence of three
courses that examine diseases and disorders commonly encountered in primary care practice.
Diseases covered this semester include:
Each disease or
disorder is described in terms of pathophysiology, clinical
presentation, diagnosis, and treatment. Attention will also be given
to primary and secondary methods of disease prevention. Diseases
will be reviewed from the organ system approach in coordination with
other courses in the clinical core (Clinical Anatomy and Physiology,
Clinical Diagnostics, Clinical Pharmacology, and Clinical Skills).