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2023-2024 Springfield College Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Springfield College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHTH 604 - Clinical Medicine and Pathology


This course provides a survey of the medical approach to pathologies treated in medicine and surgery, with emphasis on those conditions addressed in internal medicine.  Topics include cellular/ histological and genetic bases for pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, including the impact on human movement, and medical/surgical treatment. Emphasis placed on conditions encountered in physical therapy practice.
Credits: 4

Prerequisites: DPT Student