AHEA 220 - Study of the Disease Process

3 Credits: (3 lecture)

Course Description
This course is designed to introduce students to pathology and the study of disease. The course focuses on organ system pathophysiology with a review of normal anatomy and physiology and examination of the etiology, clinical features, and treatment of major diseases affecting each system.

Prerequisite BIOL 116, or BIOL 131 and BIOL 132, or BIOL 131 and permission of the instructor.

Text
Neighbors, Marianne. Human Diseases. 5th ed. Cincinnati: Cengage, 2015. Print.

Objectives
The student will be able to:

A. Classify the causes of disease.

B. Compare disease processes to normal anatomy and physiology.

C. Identify signs and symptoms of commonly occurring diseases in the body systems.

D. Cite the procedures employed to diagnose disease processes.

E. Identify treatment protocols for commonly occurring systemic diseases.

Content
A. Etiology of disease.

B. Diseases associated with each body system

C. Differences in normal body functioning when a disease is present.

D. Clinical procedures to diagnose the manifestations of disease.

E. Treatment methods for diseases and disorders

Student Evaluation
Objectives A-B-D-E: examinations and quizzes

Objective A-B-C-D-E: case study and group assignment(s)

Objective A-B-C-D-E: workbook