PAS-532L: Patient Evaluation and Clinical Reasoning III - Lab

This course is the third and last in a series of three courses designed to discuss patient history taking, communication, and documentation skills. Further development of clinical decision-making skills and refinement of techniques involved in history taking and physical examinations. Continued integration of effective communication and knowledge of human anatomy, physiology, clinical medicine, and pharmacology. Emphasis will be placed on specialty patients (pediatrics, geriatrics, psychiatric, etc.) and difficult conversations will be discussed (i.e., Death/Dying, dementia, abuse, etc.). Students will continue to use critical reasoning in creating a differential diagnosis and treatment plans. This course will use traditional lectures, assigned lab partners, and simulated/standardized patients. Prerequisites: PAS-502, PAS-507. Corequisite: PAS-532. [ 0 credits ]