PHTR 525 - Pathology for Rehabilitation

Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
This course examines the effects of pathological conditions on individuals across the lifespan. It explores pathology as it relates to the rehabilitation potential for patients with disorders of the cardiopulmonary, endocrine, genitourinary, gastrointestinal, hepatic, integumentary, musculoskeletal and renal systems. Students investigate the etiology, epidemiology, clinical presentation, medical and surgical management of patients with pathologies of the systems outlined above and the impact of the disorders on rehabilitation management. Offered summer trimester only.