PPA 533 - Patient Evaluation for PA Practice III

Successful completion of PPA 532. (6)

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, beginning patient-oriented physical examinations. Lecture/laboratory. Graded ABCDE