Overview

In an efficient and engaging way, the Pathology course delivers a fundamental understanding of ‘how and why’ people get sick. This comprehensive study explores a wide range of diseases and conditions prevalent in today’s society—such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, arthritis—and the pathological processes behind them.

This course introduces the concepts of injury and departures from normal structure and function in the human body, as occurs in disease. The various pathological processes and their importance in the development of human disease are reviewed in depth. A particular emphasis is placed on the traumas and degenerative conditions affecting the Musculoskeletal System.

By the completion of this course, you will build a solid foundation necessary for the comprehension of other LCO courses such as Osteopathic Models of Health and Disease, Gerontology, and Osteopathic Modalities and Treatments, or for any other medical studies, you plan to undertake in the future.

Course learning materials include

• recorded lectures 
• downloadable presentations
• video tutorials
• online textbooks 
• self-assessment quizzes 
• communication with a course instructor
• Certificate of Completion
• lifetime access to course updates

Evaluation

Online unit quizzes, Final exam. Passing grade:  75%.

CEUs –  12
1 CEU= 10 study hours
Completion time: 120 hours