PPA 522 - Medical Foundations of PA Practice II

Successful completion of PPA 521. (10).

Systems and evidence-based study of human disease to include epidemiology, physiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestation, diagnostic testing, diagnostic problem solving, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of disease. Principles of pharmacologic action followed by review of major therapeutic agents in each clinical area. Includes study of diagnostic methods relating to systems. Lecture, collaborative case-based study. Graded ABCDE.