MED804

The Musculoskeletal System Block covers the structures of the limbs and spine with a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the fundamental tissues of bone, joint, muscle, and skin. The goals are to enable students to learn how the normal and abnormal mechanisms of development and disease of these structures are relevant to orthopedics, sports medicine, rehabilitation, and traumatic injury. In this manner, students will be introduced to common diseases of bone and muscle which may include rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, back pain, muscle enzyme mutations, and muscular dystrophy. Related health issues such as living with disability or pain, and chronic care, paternalism of health providers, and age & gender differences in bone fractures will be addressed.

Fall