Students will learn to interpret laboratory findings in accordance with pathophysiology of disease processes. Major topics discussed will be parasitology, mycology, clinical chemistry, endocrinology, oncology, toxicology, and therapeutic drug monitoring. Given in conjunction with the cardiology course. The student learns to recognize, interpret and classify specific cardiac arrhythmias and related terminology. There is a focus on methodologies of communication between patient and clinician as well as communication between the PA and supervising physician.
Training is fine-tuned for documentation of both the complete and problem oriented history.
Students learn to examine all facets of current issues in medicine regarding organization, administration, financing, and function of the health care system. The student will develop a thorough understanding of their role as a PA and how to be attentive to changes in the health care environment. After a general background in ethics, topics include abortion, sterilization, genetic control, allocation of scarce medical resources, death and dying, human experimentation, behavioral control, patient relationships, and health care delivery. The seminar considers selected themes from the whole spectrum of general medicine, with emphasis on primary care medicine. The seminar is included in the clinical medicine grade . 0 credits.