PT 410 Pathology/Medical Science: General Systems
This course introduces concepts of tissue- and system-specific pathology and disease commonly encountered in patients/clients who receive physical therapy. Course content focuses on the mechanisms, types and processes of tissue injury and repair in major physiologic systems excluding musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, and neurological systems, which will be addressed in later semesters. For a given pathology, students will explore the incidence, etiology, clinical manifestation, medical management, common surgical and diagnostic procedures with a correlation to the impact of these pathologies on physical therapy evaluation and patient care management. The impact of multi-systems pathology will be explored.
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PTH