MDST 1030 Medical Disorders

3.5 - 0.0 - 3.5

Prerequisite

(1) Acceptance into the Medical Assisting program - must be completed prior to taking this course.

Course Description

This course provides students with the opportunity to study and learn basic information about common medical conditions that are frequently first diagnosed in the ambulatory healthcare setting. Understanding how diseases affect the human body is essential to providing patient care. The course introduces disease processes as well as infectious diseases, congenital diseases, and neoplasm in conjunction with the body systems that they affect.