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PATH 120  Understanding Human Disease in the 21st Century  Units: 3.00  
The course provides an introduction to human disease and our understanding of key conditions with major global health and societal impact, including cardiovascular, neurological and infectious diseases and cancer. The basic concepts of disease mechanisms and current management will be explored using specific diseases and clinical example cases.
Also offered online.
LEARNING HOURS may vary 120(12L;36G;36O;36P)
Requirements: One-Way Exclusion PATH 310/3.0; CANC 440/3.0  
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences  

Course Learning Outcomes:

  1. Access the individual and population impacts of human disease by effectively researching major issues affecting changes in global health
  2. Apply the skills acquired to critically evaluate scientific literature on human disease
  3. Collaborate and communicate an understanding of the causes and implications of human disease including current and future management and treatments.
  4. Explain how different populations are differentially impacted by the same disease
  5. Identify and describe mechanisms underlying human disease and be able to recognize potential origins of human disease states