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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This is the first of two semesters of Pharmacology for physician assistant students. The course is designed to introduce the principles of pharmacology, as well as specific principles of pharmacology as it pertains to neurology, pain management, cardiac and pulmonary medications, and medication used in the treatment of infectious disease.
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7.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the broad scope of clinical medicine and disease processes, including evaluation, management and therapeutics pertaining to diseases of the nervous, pulmonary, cardiac, skeletal, and immune systems. Emphasis is placed on primary care and treatment of common illnesses.
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1.00 Credits
Students will learn essential non-biological skills in the assessment of and communication with medical patients via both lecture and experiential exercises. Topics will include formation and management of the therapeutic alliance and other basic counseling skills; ways to individualize patient education; the effect of family and cultural factors, socioeconomic status, gender, and ethnicity on the clinical encounter; normal human development across the lifespan; basic clinical approaches to addictive and sexual problems; and means to enhance practitioner self-awareness and self-care.
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1.00 Credits
Provides introduction to patient contact, and to principles of geriatric and interdisciplinary clinical practice in selected community settings. With faculty supervision, students conduct home visits, perform focused histories, physicals, and screening assessments on geriatric volunteer "patients", and provide write-ups and oral presentations of findings. Didactic sessions are provided in support of clinical experiences. In this course, emphasis is placed on learning individual clinical skills, acquiring and increased knowledge base about geriatric syndromes and presentations, and gaining and understanding of individual professional roles and responsibilities within geriatric health care.
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2.00 Credits
An overview of diagnostic studies commonly utilized in primary care and approach to their interpretation will be presented. Diagnostic radiography will continue through this course, with special consideration addressed for each clinical system being studied in CM III, as well as the orthopedic section of Emergency Medicine/Surgery. A large portion of this course is dedicated to the expansion of physical exam skills and clinical procedures. A variety of skills, such as male and female breast/genital/rectal examination, suturing and injections, splinting, phlebotomy, surgical scrub and sterile technique will be taught. ACLS instruction and certification is included.
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1.00 Credits
As a continuation of Integrating Seminar II, this course is designed to provide the student with a structural approach to the concepts and skills necessary for developing the differential diagnosis and management plan of common clinical problems in the primary care setting. Emphasis is on the correlation of historical information, physical examination findings and pertinent laboratory results to formulate a diagnosis and treatment plan. It includes small group case-based problem-based learning focused on the practice of clinical thinking.
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5.00 Credits
The Emergency Medicine section of this course is designed to introduce students to the broad scope of emergency medicine. Emphasis will be placed on commonly encountered presentations in the emergency department, and will include focus on trauma, wilderness medicine, and orthopedics. The Surgery section of this course is designed to introduce students to the broad scope of basic surgical principles and procedures, with emphasis on the evaluation and management of the surgical patient. The course is designed to serve as a foundation upon which to build during clinical rotations.
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1.00 Credits
This is the second of two semesters of Pharmacology for physician assistant students. The course is designed to introduce students to specific principles of pharmacology as it pertains to urology and nephrology, gastroenterology, hematology, and oncology, endocrinology, psychology, reproductive health, and pediatrics.
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10.00 Credits
This course is a continuation of CM II and is designed to introduce students to the broad scope of clinical medicine, including diagnostic principles and therapeutic procedures as it pertains to urology/nephrology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, hematology/oncology, obstetrics/gynecology, psychiatry, and pediatric/adolescent medicine. System-specific physiology and clinical didactic lectures make up the core components of the course.
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1.00 Credits
Continuation of supervised, geriatric, interdisciplinary, pre-clinical experiences in selected community and clinical settings.
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