This course introduces common conditions seen in occupational therapy practice with an approach of understanding normal body function and impacts of health and disease. The first of a two-course sequence, students will learn terminology related to health, disease and epidemiology; essential physiologic concepts that contribute to the maintenance of homeostasis; and the impact of pathophysiology on the body systems including integumentary, cardiopulmonary, gastrointestinal, urinary, and endocrine systems. The role of the occupational therapist in considering the functional deficits that result from specific conditions in the body systems will be explored. (Prerequisites - OTD 719)