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HSC - 476 Chronic Disease Management

In this course, students will be introduced to specific chronic diseases commonly treated in the medical home model, such as COPD, diabetes, asthma, and congestive heart failure. Proper disease management techniques will be discussed, along with lifestyle alterations that can reduce the detriment of these afflictions to patient quality of life. Prerequisite: Departmental permission. Credit Hours: (5)