PATH 520 - Systemic Pathology

7 Cr. Hrs.

This is a comprehensive study of the pathology or all human organs/organ systems. Taking concepts learned in all other basic science courses, students will integrate knowledge from these courses to understand gross morphologic, histologic, cellular, and molecular changes associated with disease states. For each disease, students will learn epidemiologic features, etiology, pathogenesis, gross pathology, microscopic pathology, and treatment. Course concepts will be reinforced with a variety of clinical case studies pertinent to the practice as a pathologist assistant. Students will correlate knowledge of systemic pathology to the autopsy and surgical pathology techniques course as they prepare to begin their clinical rotations as a pathologist assistant student. At the culmination of this course, students will prepare and present a comprehensive review of a disease state of their choice to all faculty and student colleagues, and discuss the pathologist assistant’s approach to properly assessing the disease state in order for a pathologic diagnosis to be rendered.

Prerequisite(s): NA Corequisite(s): NA
Grading Basis: Graded Repeatable: No Typical Periods Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Formerly: NA
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