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4.00 Credits
CSU Prerequisite: None. Limitation on enrollment: Advanced standing in the Physician Assistant program including completion of all first year courses. Designed to meet the state and national accreditation requirements for an approved Physician Assistant program. Students are assigned to the Department of Emergency Medicine where, under supervision, they participate in a variety of patient care activities including medical history review, physical examination, advanced life support, basic life support, suturing, splinting, insertion of central lines, venipuncture, intravenous access, and minor surgical procedures. Students participate in discussion on diagnostic problems and formulate therapeutic plans. 224 hours laboratory.
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6.50 Credits
CSU Prerequisite: None. Limitation on enrollment: Acceptance into the Physician Assistant Program. Designed to meet the state and national accreditation requirements for an approved Physician Assistant program. The course provides a systematic approach to the theory of clinical medicine including the etiology, epidemiology and pathophysiology of human disease, illness and injury. 120 hours lecture.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: None. Limitation on enrollment: Acceptance into the Physician Assistant Program. Medical Genetics course introduces students to the human genome and human genetic research. The course covers the principles of heredity at the cellular and molecular levels; genetic and molecular analysis of representative human traits in conjunction with their clinical manifestation. Genetic variation in individuals and its application in forensic medicine; gene mining for the advance medicine; genetics of cancer, immunogenetics, and pharmacogenetics will also be discussed. Emphasis is placed on understanding the role of genetic and environmental factors in maintaining health, prevention and management of disease in individuals and populations; on identification of genetic predispositions based on family pedigree in the context of clinical preventive practice; and on genetic testing and counseling. The ethical, legal and social implications of genomics for individuals and health care systems will be discussed. Controversial, thought-provoking topics related to the treatment of genetic diseases such as stem cell research and gene therapy will be included. Genomics of emerging pathogens in the aspect of world health will be recognized. Designed to meet the requisites in basic medical sciences for professional programs. 54 hours lecture combined with problem-based learning and virtual laboratory settings.
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4.00 Credits
CSU Prerequisite: None. Corequisite: PHT-2. Limitation on enrollment: Acceptance into the Physician Assistant Program. This course is designed to meet the state and national accreditation requirements for an approved Physician Assistant program. The student is exposed to clinical gathering skills, how to elicit and write a medical history, introduction to physical examination using the problem oriented medical record and patient simulation. Emphasis will be placed on a normal history, physical and neurological exam and progressive case presentations which correlate with the pathophysiology of disease systems covered in the PHT- 2 Medical Science I course. 54 hours lecture and 54 hours laboratory.
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4.00 Credits
CSU Prerequisite: None. Limitation on enrollment: Acceptance into the Physician Assistant Program. Designed to meet the state and national accreditation requirements for an approved Physician Assistant program. The course provides a systematic approach to the basic skills and concepts of electrocardiology and radiology applicable to the clinical setting. 54 hours lecture and 54 hours laboratory.
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6.50 Credits
CSU Prerequisite: None. Limitation on enrollment: Acceptance into the Physician Assistant Program. Designed to meet the state and national accreditation requirements for an approved Physician Assistant program. The course provides a systematic approach to the theory of clinical medicine including the etiology, epidemiology and pathophysiology of human disease, illness and injury. 120 hours lecture.
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4.00 Credits
CSU Prerequisite: Completion of all first semester courses. Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in PHT- 5. Limitation on enrollment: Acceptance into the Physician Assistant Program. This course is designed to meet the state and national accreditation requirements of an approved Physician Assistant program. The student is exposed to the continuation of clinical data gathering skills related to history and physical assessment. Emphasis will be on a normal history, physical and neurological exam and progressive case studies will correlate with the clinical symptoms covered in PHT-5. The student will also learn how to perform an obstetric and gynecological exam and examination of the male genitalia and prostate using patient simulations and patient models. Includes practical experiences of history taking and physical assessment supervised by individual preceptors. 54 hours lecture and 54 hours laboratory.
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4.00 Credits
CSU Prerequisite: Completion of all first semester courses. Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in PHT-4, 5, and 6. Limitation on enrollment: Acceptance into the Physician Assistant Program. This course is designed to meet the state and national accreditation requirements for an approved Physician Assistant program. The student is introduced to the basic principles of pharmacology including pharmacokinetics, drug actions, drug interaction and drug toxicities involved in the clinical use of drugs. Emphasis will be placed on the physiological and biochemical actions, absorptions, distribution, metabolism, excretions and therapeutic use of drugs. 72 hours lecture.
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3.00 Credits
CSU Prerequisite: None. Limitation on enrollment: Acceptance into the Physician Assistant Program. Designed to meet the state and national accreditation requirements for an approved Physician Assistant program. The course provides a systematic approach to the basic skills and concepts of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, aseptic technique, operating room principles and guidelines, wound closure, bandaging and splinting, casting, parenteral medication administration, intravenous access, venipuncture, nasogastric intubation and bladder catheterization and standard precautions. 36 hours lecture and 54 hours laboratory.
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6.50 Credits
CSU Prerequisite: None. Limitation on enrollment: Acceptance into the Physician Assistant Program. Designed to meet the state and national accreditation requirements for an approved Physician Assistant program. The course provides a systematic approach to the theory of clinical medicine including the etiology, epidemiology and pathophysiology of human disease, illness and injury. 120 hours lecture.
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