OP 6100: Clinical Pathology

2 Credit Hours
This course offers a systems level overview of human pathology with emphasis on the effect of disease and disease processes on human movement and neuromuscular function relative to the need for orthotic and/or prosthetic rehabilitation.

Course Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

Apply common medical terminology of human pathology in verbal and written communication within clinical and academic environments.
Describe the 6-step process of health care.
Explain who the key members of the multidisciplinary health care team are and describe each of their roles.
Summarize the scope of practice of multidisciplinary health care team members.
Explain how multidisciplinary team members collaborate with orthotists/prosthetists to provide effective patient care.
Define hallmark signs and symptoms of common clinical pathological disorders of the skeletal, muscular, nervous (principally the CNS), integumentary, and vascular systems.
Describe common clinically relevant body systems pathological disorders of aging.
Summarize how grief and loss of body function influence a person’s behaviors.
Interpret how ultrasound imaging approaches are used to define disorders of the nervous, skeletal, muscular and vascular systems in the foot/ ankle region.
Analyze and discuss the incidence, prognosis, signs, symptoms, treatments and prognosis of 1 of 27 clinical pathology topics relevant to prosthetists/ orthotists.