PAS 6040 Clinical Medicine I
Prepares the physician assistant student to identify common presentations of disease states, correlate pathophysiology, diagnostics, pathogens of diseases, order and interpret appropriate testing, and formulate a differential diagnosis. The course includes analysis of the differential diagnosis and proposal of an assessment and plan for any patient across the lifespan. The course covers pertinent consults and referrals, and provides appropriate patient education. Organ systems include integument, eyes, ears, nose, throat, neurological, endocrine, male genitourinary, and pulmonary.