MEDS 80033 Mechanisms of Health and Disease III
This ten-week course takes the learner through the continuum of learning experience of integration of complex biological, more specially, physiological communication and feedback, mediated via structural, functional, cellular, and biochemical mechanisms, between the heart, the lungs, and the kidneys. The course is designed to address normal and abnormal structure and function, and rationale for investigations, treatment, and other key clinical decisions pertaining to the disorders of the cardiovascular, pulmonary, and renal systems. The first four weeks are focused on the cardiovascular system (Section 1), followed by three weeks on pulmonary system (Section 2). The last three weeks are focused on the renal system (Section 3).