Lesson: Pathophysiology

How do diseases "work" and what risk factors increase the chances and impact of diseases?

This lesson identifies the 8 mechanisms and and 6 risk factors that contribute to disease.

Warm Ups:

What’s Your Problem? (Discussion- Appendix B- the variety of mechanisms, causes, symptoms, etc. of disease are examined.)

Instruction, Presentations, Assignments, Activities, etc:

Notes - Pathophysiology

Assignment- Risk Factors- students use textbook (pg 115-116) to determine what the major risk factors of disease are and how they influence the patterns of disease. Student groups prepare short summaries of the risk factors

Chart - Risk Factors