PTAP-150 Clinical Pathology

This course describes the etiology, signs, symptoms, and treatment of diseases and disorders commonly encountered in physical therapy.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

PTAP-214

Corequisite

PTAP-120, PTAP-160, and PTAP-210

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. 1. Describe common human diseases in terms of causes, lesions, and typical manifestations
   relative to the field of physical therapy.
2. 2. Use the terminology of pathology in the appropriate context.
3. 3. Formulate a reasonable in-depth understanding of basic disease mechanisms, including the
   structural, biochemical, and functional derangements that accompany disease.
4. 4. Identify the foundations of cell injury, adaptation, inflammation, and repair.

Course Objectives

1. 1. Describe common human diseases in terms of causes, lesions, and typical manifestations
   relative to the field of physical therapy.
2. 2. Use the terminology of pathology in the appropriate context.
3. 3. Formulate a reasonable in-depth understanding of basic disease mechanisms, including the
   structural, biochemical, and functional derangements that accompany disease.
4. 4. Identify the foundations of cell injury, adaptation, inflammation, and repair.