The Foundation 2024
Clinical Anatomy, Physiology, & Pathophysiology
Every great clinician’s medical foundation starts by understanding anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology.
Typically, as a clinician, a patient will come to you when they are sick. This means something isn’t functioning as it should. But, to truly understand the abnormal, you must first master what’s normal.
As soon as you understand how the body works in perfect harmony, you can shift your focus to the pathophysiology. We can’t emphasize enough how vital mastery of these core concepts is when managing patients.
The problem is many are reluctant to join an online program to learn anatomy, physiology, and/or pathophysiology because they feel it won’t be relevant to them as clinicians; it’s thought that the material is either too in-depth or superficial to be practical.
Made For The Clinician
This is why we’ve set out to bridge this gap; everything we teach is with the clinician in mind. All concepts in The Foundation are interwoven to clarify complex topics you may not have mastered the first time.
Frequently, these concepts are glossed over in school due to a lack of time. Believe us, we know! The initiative for The Foundation began three years back, and we are still working on completing this project to help you master the science in a way that’s relevant to clinical practice.
To further master clinical concepts, we’ll incorporate what we call focal problems. This is where we take a disease (i.e., anemia) and teach the relevant anatomy, normal physiology, pathophysiology, diagnostic testing, and all relevant pharmacology in tandem so you get a complete picture of the entire disease process. Everything we teach ties back to the pathophysiology of the disease; you’ll finally understand how all these complex concepts come together.
Our goal is to give you the foundation necessary to help your patients.
The Foundation is much more than just a course. We are creating the most comprehensive review on the market. This will be your go-to resource from the start of your medical career and beyond.
You can expect a new lecture twice a month; there are 280+ hours of course material readily available:
- Study Strategies
- Cardiology
- Pulmonology
- Epithelial Tissue and Connective Tissue
- Hematology
- Nephrology and Fluids
- Gastroenterology and Nutrition
- Endocrinology
- Musculoskeletal and Rheumatology
- Neurology
- Psychiatry (coming soon)
- Dermatology (coming soon)
- Reproductive and hereditary (coming soon)
The goal will be to have an ever-expanding library (400+ hours) of in-depth medical training.
As we said, this isn’t a course, it’s a go-to resource to enhance your medical education for the rest of your career.
Start your training before you begin your program, review important concepts during your didactic and clinical years, and keep things fresh long into practice.
Meet Your Instructor
Dr. Judy Finney
A graduate from the Michigan State University School of Medicine in the top 5% of her class. Dr. Finney did her residency in internal medicine with Michigan State University Clinical Center and a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at Ingham Regional Medical Center.
Dr. Finney was also an assistant professor at the Midwestern University School of Medicine. During this time she re-wrote all objectives for the internal medicine rotation and created a database of questions they could use for testing. For seven years she was a clinical professor taking on one student at a time during their 3rd year clinical rotations to help them excel.
Believe us when we say she knows how to take a student from novice to master.
The Curriculum
We’ve decided to take on a different approach. Instead of separating these subjects, we’ll be integrating anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology together. We’ll also discuss diagnostic testing and pharmacology together as it relates to the foundational concepts of medicine.
This will allow you to get the complete picture much more clearly.
The goal here is to go deep and leave no stone unturned. Because of this, we’ll be adding brand-new lectures twice a month. We want to build a comprehensive library so you can dive deep into whatever topic you’re struggling with and/or want to reinforce.
Everything is organized and easily accessible inside your dashboard. Lectures come complete with video, audio, and slides.
Get your questions answered.
Although it’s a self-paced program, Dr. Finney makes herself available Monday – Friday to answer any questions you may have.
- Study Strategies For Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Pharmacology (30 min)
- Background and Introduction (1 hr 11 min)
- Introduction to the Cardiovascular System (2 hrs 10 min)
- The Cardiac Cycle (1 hr 30 min)
- The Circulatory System (1 hr 38 min)
- How Flow Works in Circulatory System (1 hr 20 min)
- Blood Pressure Regulation Part 1 (1 hour 19 min)
- Blood Pressure Regulation Part 2 (1 hour 30 min)
- Myocardial Contractility (1 hour)
- Whole Heart Contractility and Pressure Volume Loops (1 hr 7 min)
- Moving From Pressure Volume Loops to CHF (1 hr 50 min)
- From CHF to Rx Rationales (1 hr 30 min)
- Clinical Aspects of CV Function: Monitoring Lines (1 hr 40 min)
- Using Monitoring Lines in Clinical Situations: CHF (1 hr 29 min)
- Using Monitoring Lines for Clinical Situations: Shock (1 hr 52 min)
- Cases for Clinical Practice Using Hemodynamics (1 hr 29 min)
- Heart Electricity Works to Drive EKG Interpretation: Part 1 (1 hr 28 min)
- Heart Electricity Works to Drive EKG Interpretation: Part 2 (2 hr 4 min)
- Heart Electricity Works to Drive EKG Interpretation: Part 3 (2 hr)
- Heart Electricity Works to Drive EKG Interpretation: Part 4 (2 hr 6 min)
- Heart Electricity Works to Drive EKG Interpretation: Part 5 (2 hr 2 min)
- Murmurs and Heart Sounds: Part 1 (1 hr 9 min)
- Murmurs and Heart Sounds: Part 2 (1 hr 30 min)
- Physical Exam Findings in the Cardiovascular Exam (1 hr 25 min)
- Aortic Valve Disease (1 hr 54 min)
- Mitral Valve Regurgitation (1 hr 37 min)
- Mitral Stenosis & Atrial Fibrillation (2 hr 20 min)
- Arrhythmias Part 1 (1 hr 54 min)
- Arrhythmias Part 2 (1 hr 24 min)
- Coronary Artery Disease: Risks and Atheroma (1hr 36 min)
- Coronary Artery Disease: Clinical Events (1hr 52 min)
- Coronary Artery Disease: Diagnostic Tests (1 hr 37 min)
- Coronary Artery Disease: Treatment (1 hr 55 min)
- Shortness of Breath (1 hr 25 min)
- Anatomy and Lung Mechanics (1 hr 59 min)
- Compliance, Spirometry and Flow Volume Loops (1 hr 19 min)
- Turning Spirometry into Flow Volumes and PFTs (1 hr 14 min)
- The “Controls” of Breathing (1 hr 17 min)
- Chemoreceptors and other “Controls” of Breathing (1 hr 6 min)
- Alveoli and Surfactant (1hr 8 min)
- Ventilation and Perfusion (1 hr 14 min)
- Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport (1hr 22 min)
- Physical Exam Findings (1 hr 20 min)
- Pulmonary Circulation(s) (1 hr 42 min)
- Approach to the ABG (1 hr 17 min)
- Asthma (1 hr)
- Hypoxia vs. Hypoxemia (1 hr)
- Respiratory System in High Altitudes (1 hr 15 min)
- The Lungs in Exercise (1 hr 29 min)
- Other Lung Tests and Testing Approaches ( 1 hr 15 min)
- Respiratory Review and Cases: Part 1 (1 hr 12 min)
- Respiratory Review and Cases: Part 2 (1 hr 52 min)
- Respiratory Review and Cases: Part 3 (2 hrs 9 min)
- Epithelial Tissue and Connective Tissue (2 hrs)
- General Overview (1 hr 37 min)
- Red Blood Cells (1 hr 45 min)
- White Blood Cells Part 1 (1 hr 12 min)
- White Blood Cells Part 2 (1 hr)
- White Blood Cells Part 3 (1 hr 30 min)
- Platelets and Coagulation (1 hr 48 min)
- The Spleen (1 hr 7 min)
- Lymph Nodes Part 1 (51 min)
- Lymph Nodes Part 2 (1 hr 16 min)
- Lymph Nodes Part 3 (1 hr 20 min)
- The CBC (1 hr 25 min)
- More Common Anemias (1 hr 35 min)
- Less Common Anemias (1 hr 25 min)
- Anemia Wrap Up and Case Files: Part 1 (1 hr 20 min)
- Anemia Wrap Up and Case Files: Part 2 (1 hr 25 min)
- Anemia Wrap Up and Case Files: Part 3 (1 hr 4 min)
- Anemia Wrap Up and Case Files: Part 4 (2 hrs 12 min)
- Renal Background Anatomy and Physiology (1 hr 42 min)
- Nephron Specifics: Glomerulus (1 hr 42 min)
- Nephron Specifics: The Proximal Convoluted Tubule (1 hr 24 min)
- Nephron Specifics: Other Parts of the Tubule (2 hr 4 min)
- Body Fluids and IV’s (1 hr 20 min)
- Nephrotic and Nephritic Syndrome (1 hr 39 min)
- Glomerulonephritis and Glomerulonephropathy (2 hr 5 min)
- Hematuria (1 hr 36 min)
- Renal Wrap-Up (1 hr)
- GI Background Anatomy and Physiology (1 hr 8 min)
- Background in Nutrition, Hormones and Neurons (1 hr 34 min)
- Nutrition (1 hr 49 min)
- Mouth to Esophagus (1 hr 46 min)
- Stomach: Part 1 (2 hrs 13 min)
- Stomach: Part 2 (2 hrs 11 min)
- Duodenum: Part 1 (1 hr 19 min)
- Duodenum: Part 2 (1 hr 51 min)
- Jejunum and Ileum: Part 1 (1 hr 11 min)
- Jejunum and Ileum: Part 2 (1 hr 35 min)
- Colon: Part 1 (1 hr 10 min)
- Colon: Part 2 (2 hrs 2 min)
- Pancreas: Part 1 (1 hr)
- Pancreas: Part 2 (1 hr 24 min)
- Pancreas: Part 3 (1 hr)
- Gall Bladder and Biliary Tree (1 hr 43 min)
- Liver: Part 1 (1 hr 26 min)
- Liver: Part 2 (1 hr 37 min)
- Liver Function Testing (2 hrs 5 min)
- Hepatitis Overview (1 hr 32 min)
- Hepatitis B: Part 1 (2 hrs)
- Hepatitis B: Part 2 (3 hrs)
- Hepatitis C: Part 1 (1 hr 40 min)
- Hepatitis C: Part 2 (2 hr 30 min)
- End Stage Liver Disease: Part 1 (1 hr 40 min)
- End Stage Liver Disease: Part 2 (1 hr 14 min)
- Anatomy and Physiology Overview: Part 1 (2 hrs 11 min)
- Anatomy and Physiology Overview: Part 2 (1 hr 42 min)
- Hypothalamus: Part 1 (1 hr 47 min)
- Hypothalamus: Part 2 (2 hrs)
- Pituitary Anatomy and Physiology (1 hr 43 min)
- Pituitary Diseases: Part 1 (2 hrs 2 min)
- Pituitary Diseases: Part 2 (1 hr 53 min)
- Pituitary Diseases: Part 3 (1 hr 38 min)
- Cushing’s Disease from Corticotroph Adenomas and Nonfunctioning Adenomas (1 hr 38 min)
- Thyroid and Parathyroid Anatomy and Physiology (1 hr 39 min)
- Hyperthyroidism on Spectrum of Thyroid Diseases (2 hrs 40 min)
- Hypothyroidism (2 hrs)
- Thyroid Nodules and Cancers (2 hrs 8 min)
- Other Endocrine System Pathways and Diseases: Part 1 (2 hrs 17 min)
- Other Endocrine System Pathways and Diseases: Part 2 (1 hr 59 min)
- Other Endocrine System Pathways and Diseases: Part 3 (2 hrs 41 min)
- Pancreas as an Endocrine Organ: Part 1 (1 hr 37 min)
- Pancreas as an Endocrine Organ: Part 2 (1 hr 31 min)
- Mechanism Behind DM Medications (1 hr 59 min)
- DM Treatment Part 1 (2 hrs)
- DM Treatment Part 2 (2 hrs 24 min)
- Diagnosis DM Types (1 hr 25 min)
- Anatomy and Physiology of Bones and Joints (1 hr 41 min)
- Anatomy and Physiology of Muscles (1 hr 21 min)
- Neuromuscular Junction and Motor Unit (1 hr 24 min)
- Muscle Mechanics: Part 1 (1 hr 32 min)
- Muscle Mechanics: Part 2 (1 hr 55 min)
- Muscle Disease: Part 1 (1 hr 31 min)
- Muscle Disease: Part 2 (1 hr 41 min)
- Osteoporosis: Part 1 (1 hr 22 min)
- Osteoporosis: Part 2 (1 hr 13 min)
- Disease of the Bone and Joint (1 hr 40 min)
- Osteomyelitis (1 hr 26 min)
- Osteoarthritis (2 hrs 28 min)
- Rheumatoid Arthritis: Part 1 (1 hr 36 min)
- Rheumatoid Arthritis: Part 2 (1 hr 33 min)
- Rheumatoid Arthritis: Part 3 (2 hrs 10 min)
- Disease of Neuromuscular Junction, Thymus, and Myasthenia Gravis (1 hr 25 min)
- Neuron Anatomy and Function (1 hr 18 min)
- Neuroanatomy and Physiology: Autonomic Nervous System (2 hrs 18 min)
- Neuroanatomy and Physiology: Parasympathetic vs Sympathetic (1 hr 32 min)
- Neuroanatomy and Physiology: Neurotransmitters and Receptors (2 hrs)
- Pharmacology Concepts (2 hrs 40 min)
- Catecholamines, Neurons, and Receptors (1 hr 43 min)
- Sympathomimetics Overview (1 hr)
- Sympathomimetic Drug Agonists and Receptors (1 hr 33 min)
- Sympatholytics (1 hr 42 min)
- Nicotinic vs. Muscarinic Receptors & Pharmacology: Part 1 (1 hr 43 min)
- Nicotinic vs. Muscarinic Receptors & Pharmacology: Part 2 (1 hr 42 min)
- Autonomic Nervous System Disease (1 hr 43 min)
- CNS: Brain & Spinal Cord Anatomy: Part 1 (1 hr 27 min)
- CNS: Brain & Spinal Cord Anatomy: Part 2 (1 hr 37 min)
- CSF and Meninges: Part 1 (1 hr 11 min)
- CSF and Meninges: Part 2 (1 hr 37 min)
- CSF and Meninges: Part 3 (1 hr 11 min)
- Parkinson’s Disease & Mimics (1 hr 30 min)
- Parkinson’s Disease & Mimics Treatment (2 hrs)
- Multiple Sclerosis Background and Pathophysiology (1 hr 20 min)
- Multiple Sclerosis The History and Physical (1 hr 15 min)
- Multiple Sclerosis Pharmacology (1 hr 30 min)
- Seizures Part 1 (2 hrs)
- Seizures Part 2 (2 hrs 18 min)
- Stroke Anatomy (1 hr 40 min)
- Hemorrhagic Stroke (1 hr 40 min)
- Anterior Circulation CVA Syndrome (1 hr 22 min)
Currently in progress. New lectures added monthly.
- Anatomy and Physiology of the Skin (1 hour 5 min)
- Skin Layers and Cells (1 hour 11 min)
- Malignant Melanoma (1 hour 21 min)
Coming soon.
Coming soon.
This activity is designated for 50.5 Category 1 CME credits for physician assistants and nurse practitioners. CME credits are accepted by AAPA, AANP, and ANCC.
The Foundation
Clinical Anatomy, Physiology, & Pathophysiology