OMED 5840 Host Defense and Communication
This unit focuses on an understanding of and responses to infectious and immune-mediated syndromes. The professional identity component continues with an emphasis on communication in physician-patient and physician-community relationships. Using case-based learning in small groups, learners analyze typical inflammatory and infectious syndromes with an emphasis on the immune response, disease pathogenesis, clinical evaluation, management, and public health. Learners gain an appreciation of the dynamic interactions of different molecules, cells, and tissues that contribute to immunity to promote the optimal regulation of the body and immune defenses. It is important for learners to understand how the human body defends itself from pathogens and how the osteopathic physician, as a member of a medical team, can assist in that endeavor to prevent and treat infections.