HLTH 2501 - Pathophysiology

Delivery Online, self-paced

Course Description

This course focuses on the general principles of disease and then further explores information dealing with specific disorders of body systems or individual organs. This course is intended for health care practitioners.

Learning outcomes

Recognize, define, and classify diseases based on pathogenic or morphological characteristics.
Analyze the processes that lead to cell injury and describe responses for healing, including inflammation and fever.
Analyze the immune response and evaluate some diseases that affect immunity.
Differentiate the pathology of various diseases, including: neoplastic disease, blood disorders, and hemodynamic and vascular disorders.
Describe and distinguish the pathophysiology of the cardiac, respiratory, gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, pancreatic, renal, endocrine, reproductive, skeletal and muscular, and central nervous systems.
Classify different forms of pain and trauma.

Course topics

Module 1: Cell and Tissue Function
Module 2: Integrative Body Functions
Module 3: Infection and Immunity
Module 4: Pharmacology, Blood, and Lymph
Module 5: Body Systems

Required text and materials

Students are responsible for purchasing the required materials on their own:

Hubert, R. J., & VanMeter, K. C. (2023). Gould’s Pathophysiology for the Health Professions (7th ed.). Elsevier Saunders.
Type: Textbook. ISBN: 9780323792882 / 9780323792899

Note: This item can be purchased directly from the following VitalSource link.

Assessments

Please be aware that should your course have a final exam, you are responsible for the fee to the online proctoring service, ProctorU, or to the in-person approved Testing Centre. Please contact exams@tru.ca with any questions about this.

To succesfully complete this course, students must achieve 50% or higher on the overall course and 50% or higher on the Mandatory Final Exam.

Students applying this course towards any TRU Health Care program may be required to obtain a minimum of 60% overall to meet program requirements.

Assignment 1: First Selected NEJM Pathology Case	20%
Midterm Exam (Modules 1, 2, 3, and 4)	20%
Assignment 2: Second Selected NEJM Pathology Case	20%
Mandatory Final Exam	40%
Total	100%

Recommended requisite(s)

Completion of six (6) credits of anatomy and physiology is highly recommended..

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Pathophysiology

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4 credits

Open Learning faculty member information

An Open Learning faculty member is available to assist students. Students will receive the necessary contact information at the start of the course.