Educational Case: Burn Injury—Pathophysiology, Classification, and Treatment
Seth Noorbakhsh, Eric Bonar, Rachel Polinski, Md Shahrier Amin
Abstract
The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040.1
Topics & Concepts
MedicineDiseaseSet (abstract data type)Medical educationPathologyPsychologyComputer scienceProgramming languageBurn Injury Management and OutcomesWound Healing and TreatmentsBody Contouring and Surgery