College of Allied Health

Course Syllabus

HIM110 - Pathophysiology With Pharmacology

4 Credit Hours

Course Description

Introduction to the study of the functions of the body systems, diseases of the body systems and the medications used in treatment of the diseases. The study is enhanced through analysis of case studies and application of the knowledge for diagnosis and procedure coding.

Course Prerequisites

None

Required Text(s) and Resources

VanMeter, K.C., & Hubert, R.J. (2021). Pathophysiology for the health professions (7th Ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders. ISBN: 9780323792882

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Recognize the sequence of cellular injury, immune response, and inflammation that can underlie allergic, infectious, and autoimmune processes
• Discuss the role of pathophysiology and how it guides health care professionals in planning, selecting, and evaluating the treatments used in specific diseases
• Describe common disorders of specific body systems in terms of etiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic testing, complications, treatment modalities, and expected outcomes
• Use appropriate medical terminology
• Evaluate and explain clinical manifestations of specific diseases
• Discuss the differences in disease processes as they relate to age, heredity, environment, stress and immune response
• Discuss the differences in acute and chronic disease processes
• Describe the specific mode of action for relevant pharmaceutical agents used to treat select conditions
• Predict the possible side effects for relevant pharmaceutical agents used to treat select conditions

Assessment of Outcomes

Specified on the course schedule/outline

Grading System

For more details about the Grading System, please see the current catalog.

Active Participation

Students must be actively engaged in the course. For a definition of active engagement, please see the current catalog.

Academic Integrity

Cheating and plagiarism are serious offenses against the University’s academic integrity and are consequently strictly prohibited. All students must familiarize themselves with the University policy on Academic Integrity.

Penalties for cheating and plagiarism are described in the University policy on Academic Integrity in the catalog. They include failure of the assignment, failure for the course, or dismissal from the University. For the complete Cheating/Plagiarism policy, please see the current catalog.

Students with Disabilities

Students who have disabilities that may impact their performance in this course should follow the process described under the heading Accommodations for the Disabled in the current catalog.

Discipline (Program) - Specific Information

None

Course Outline

All courses in the HIM Program have a ten-day assignment cycle. Each week’s work is made available Friday at 5 p.m. and remains available for ten days. The weekly assignments and discussions are due on the Sunday night of the week following the week they were made available, ten days later. For example, if the weekly assignments are made available at 5 p.m. on Friday, January 8, the completed assignments are due at midnight, on Sunday, January 17.

Note these two exceptions: Week 1 when the week's work is open from the first day of the quarter at 8 a.m. to Sunday at 11:55 p.m. and the last week when the final exam is available from Monday at 8 a.m. until Thursday at 11:55 p.m. All times listed are EST/EDT.

This course requires a minimum of 70% (C) or higher for successful completion.

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