PPA 523 - Medical Foundations of PA Practice III

Successful completion of PPA 522. (10)

Continued 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. Study of diagnostic methods relating to systems. Lecture, collaborative case-based study. Graded ABCDE