PASSD 0528: Advanced Patient Assessment and Management

College/Program
Physician Assistant Program
Credits 2.0
This course is designed to allow the physician assistant student to obtain the knowledge and skills required to assess a patient's medical and health status as part of the focused adult history and problem-oriented physical examination. Students will also develop patient-management skills by ordering and interpreting laboratory and diagnostic studies and appropriate therapeutics. The course is designed to build upon the medical history knowledge gained in Clinical Medicine I and the screening adult physical exam skills learned in Physical Diagnosis.