OCOM 669V - Medical Knowledge: Infection & Immunity

• introduce students via lectures, labs, and case-based discussions to basic principles of microbial pathogenesis, and immune defenses of the infectious or immune-mediated causes of elevated temperature, sore throat, skin lesions, and leukocytosis;
• train students to recognize the histological features and functions of immune tissues and skin, including healing processes of the integumentary system;
• introduce students to mechanisms of oncogenesis and the classification and clinical characteristics of leukemias and lymphomas;
• present the pharmacological agents, nutritional influences, epidemiological principles, preventive medicine/public health issues, and psychosocial issues relevant to the items above; and
• train students to explain the physiological regulation of body temperature and mechanisms that alter body temperature.