PPA 534 - Patient Evaluation for PA Practice IV

Successful completion of PPA 533. (8).

Skills required to perform a complete medical evaluation of a patient. Interviewing, effective communication skills, physical examination techniques utilizing a systems anatomic approach, construction and writing of organized medical histories and physical examination. Emphasis on refining differential diagnoses, ordering appropriate laboratory and imaging studies, and completing an assessment and plan, performing patient-oriented physical examinations. Instruction on hands-on clinical skills with clinical implications of findings. Lecture/laboratory. Graded ABCDE.