VCOM College Catalog and Student Handbook

OMS 2 – Semester 4, Block 7 – Integumentary, Hematologic, and Lymphatic Systems This Block covers the Integumentary, Hematologic, and Lymphatic systems. The biomedical and clinical curriculum provides the student with the medical knowledge to maintain the normal functions and address the abnormalities related to these systems. The curriculum includes the most common medical conditions that occur within the systems. The block also includes prevention strategies to maintain the health of systems, the structural treatments to restore the normal function, surgical procedures required to correct certain abnormalities, and pharmacologic treatment where required to treat the conditions. This course is designed to provide a basis for making clinical decisions in the pharmacologic management of the most common disorders affecting the integumentary, hematologic and lymphatic systems. The course applies the principles of pharmacology relative to therapeutics including indications, rationale, efficacy, and risks for the most current and commonly prescribed medications used. The course includes the importance of monitoring the expected effects and potential adverse effects of medications prescribed. The course includes a comprehensive approach to selecting appropriate medications including ethics, cost, efficacy, EBM trials, age, and quality of life. • (MED 7221) Pathophysiology: Integumentary, Hematologic, and Lymphatic Systems: 2.5 credit hours This integrated course examines the normal structure and function of the integumentary, hematologic, and lymphatic systems and the pathological mechanisms responsible for disease. Instruction begins with an exploration of histology, cellular, molecular, and physiologic foundations of these systems, the physiological mechanisms responsible for maintaining normal function, and application of this knowledge to the diagnosis and understanding of common clinical disorders. The course then surveys genetic, cellular, and structural alterations associated with disease, progressing from early cellular changes to gross organ pathology. Emphasis is placed on hematologic diseases, coagulation disorders, lymphoid and myeloid neoplasms, immune-mediated conditions, and disorders of the skin and lymphatic system. • (MED 7255) Principles of Primary Care Course and Osteopathic Medicine VII: 2 credit hours The Principles of Primary Care Course includes the medical history and physical exam related to the hematologic and dermatologic systems. The course includes the approach to differential diagnosis from the most common complaints, the most common medical conditions and injuries or abnormalities and their exam. The course covers the most important history to determine the differential for clinical presentations of symptoms, the complete examination for the systems, and the integration of how abnormalities in these systems may affect the overall patient. OMM laboratory time in this block is dedicated to acquiring and advancing osteopathic manipulative medicine skills reviewing all techniques and bringing together the full osteopathic structural examination. • (MED 7259) Professional, Ethical, and Legal Concepts in Medicine II: 1 credit hour The course begins with a discussion on the basic principles of medical ethics and expands to include major principles and themes in clinical ethics. Topics covered include legal aspects of the doctor-patient relationship, informed consent and competence, privacy issues, end-of-life issues, organ donation, pediatric bioethics, responsible prescribing, and human genetics. Particular attention is paid to health disparities and the difficulties related to the development of normative ethical arguments in a multicultural context and the role a physician plays as a patient advocate. The course concludes by bringing attention to the ethical dilemmas faced when encountering hidden values in the clinical setting. Courses: • (MED 7185) Pharmacology VI: 1.5 credit hours

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