PAST 565 Basic Science I

Credits: 2
This is the first in a series of courses that will introduce students to the fundamentals of medical physiology and pathophysiology across the human lifespan including prenatal, infant, children, adolescents, adults, and elderly. This course will introduce students to clinical medicine through the study of human physiology and the phenomena that produce alterations or pathology in human physiologic function. Content is delivered in an organ system-based approach with an emphasis on pathological processes common to emergent, acute, and chronic disease and is aligned with the clinical medicine series. This is a 12-week course that is lecture based with small group work and application activities. It will introduce students to the fundamental physiological and pathophysiological processes relevant to Infectious Disease, Hematology/Oncology, Neurology, Psychiatry, Dermatology, and EENT.

Graded: Pass/No pass
May be taken only once for credit