SEL 0917 - Functional Medicine I

Lecture Hours: 15
Lab Hours: 0
Total Hours: 15
Units: 1
Introduction to Functional Medicine principles and philosophy. Overview of FM mapping of patient history, physical exam findings and questionnaire assessments. Foundational to FM is laboratory evaluations beginning with blood chemistry. Blood Chemistry is part of the physical exam and which tests that should be ran for which patients will be covered. Introduction to functional blood chemistry analysis includes the CBC with differential patterns such as anemia and immune dysfunction. The comprehensive metabolic panel begins with a detailed discussion of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome.

Prerequisites: BN 0510
Corequisites: CDX 0601
Restrictions: DC, DACM programs only