General assembly sessions and interdisciplinary group assignments by division level. Focus on selected topics relating to health, health care and its delivery in ethics, philosophy, history, literature, human relations, cultural orientations, and policy utilizing diverse instructional strategies. Pharmacology 2 Credits Designed to introduce students to the basic principles of pharmacological therapy with a special emphasis on drugs affecting the pulmonary and cardiovascular systems. The safe and effective administration of these drugs in relation to clinical practice is emphasized. Credits Designed to give the student in-depth knowledge of the physiology of the cardiopulmonary system to include control of respiration, cardiopulmonary anatomy, ventilation, diffusion gas transport and distribution, the cardiac cycle and electrophysiology of the heart.
Emphasis is placed on the interrelationship of the cardiopulmonary systems.
This is the first of four courses in clinical practice. Designed to orient the student to the hospital environment. The theoretical concepts for this clinical experience are covered in RESP200 and RESP202. 210 clinical hours. RESP221 Clinical Practice II 2 Credits Continuation of RESP220.