11.00 Credits
Provides an interdisciplinary approach to cardiovascular, respiratory, and renal-urinary medicine, including anatomy, physiology, radiology, pathology, medicine, and surgery. Topics include cardiac electrophysiology and cardiac muscle mechanics, myocardial infarction and cardiac repair, thoracic and pulmonary anatomy, ventilatory mechanics, gas exchange, obstructive, restrictive, and pulmonary- vascular diseases, renal function, and common kidney diseases. Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in the WWAMI Medical Education Program.