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Uretero What?

A Systems-Level View of a Pregnancy with Medical Complications

By Laura Y. Lorentzen, Youssef Kousa

Uretero What?


 

Abstract

This case study follows a woman faced with a series of difficult medical decisions. Students apply systems-level physiology as they explore a pregnancy with medical complications and discuss situations involving life-changing decisions prompted by modern medical technologies. This case could be used in an advanced biology course at the high school level, or in undergraduate courses in general biology, human anatomy and physiology, human health, human sexuality, medical ethics, sociology, or women’s studies. The case study also would be applicable to first-year medical students in a course in medical physiology as well as students in nurse practitioner, midwifery, or physician’s assistant programs.

   

Date Posted

04/08/2008

Overview

Objectives

  • Learn about gynecological care, prenatal care, and diagnostic testing in a clinical context.
  • Apply previous knowledge of anatomy and physiology in a case study using appropriate medical terminology.
  • Acquire a working knowledge of urinary tract physiology and treatment for correction of urinary tract birth defects.
  • Develop an understanding of current biomedical issues and pertinent ethical discussions relevant to all of society (e.g., HPV and other STDs, preterm babies, diabetes, cervical cancer).

Keywords

Pregnancy; prenatal care; human papillomavirus; HPV; cervical cancer; birth defects; gynecology; ultrasound; urinary tract; urology; amniocentesis

  

Subject Headings

Anatomy
Biology (General)
Medicine (General)
Nursing
Physiology
Sociology

EDUCATIONAL LEVEL

High school, Undergraduate lower division, Undergraduate upper division, Professional (degree program), Clinical education, Continuing education

  

FORMAT

PDF

   

TOPICAL AREAS

Ethics

   

LANGUAGE

English

   

TYPE/METHODS

Problem-Based Learning

 

 

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