MED 119 - Mechanisms of Disease

This intensive course is designed to impart and stimulate through lectures and active, adult learning strategies, acquisition of introductory knowledge and understanding/application of the basic tenets of human pathophysiology and to explore infectious causes of pathology and disease. Pathology is the study of disease and the basic science of clinical medicine. As such it is foundational to the understanding and development of differential diagnosis “thinking” and the rationale for many of the diagnostic studies and therapeutic modalities employed in clinical medicine. This course is considered a bridging learning endeavor to aid students in preparing for the second year of the DO curriculum.

Credit(s): 5

Type of Course: Course