Continuation of PAS 728. Students become familiar with charting, clinical and office procedures, continuity of care, and professional communications and comportment. Students explore more complex medical issues in relationship to various cultures through contemporary ethical dilemmas, historical perspectives, and the presentation of medicine in the arts. Provides a broad base from which to approach multicultural issues. This involves identification of a problem or question, review of current knowledge or status of the problem or question, and planning for materials and methods.
Students complete analysis, summary and discussion, and present their projects.
An intensive review in preparation for entering practice as a physician assistant. A series of special seminars and presentations, along with clinical skills reviews sessions provide the student with a topical approach to medicine. Problem-oriented cases present the student with opportunities to use clinical reasoning to formulate differential diagnoses and emphasize development of treatment and care plans. These courses run concurrently with the clinical experiences. Students are assigned to complete at least three primary care rotations.