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:
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
Web Resources:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/pathophysiology
Risk factors of youth: https://www.etr.org/healthsmart/about-healthsmart/cdc-areas-of-risk/