CCPA 5010 - Clinical Medicine II

7 credit hours

Clinical Medicine II is the second of four courses in the clinical medicine series, and continues the study of medical science as it applies to medical conditions that arise and/or present in Behavioral Health/Psychiatry, as well as the region of the Thoracic Spine and Chest/Thorax including Anterior Thoracic Wall, Lungs, Heart, and Esophagus. Deep learning task areas for the conditions affecting these regions include basic sciences, epidemiology, risk factors, etiology, signs and symptoms, differential diagnosis, diagnostic modalities, pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment, health promotion and disease prevention. In collaboration with peers in small groups, students will apply their learning from self study to problem-solving activities in patients presented online in an electronic medical record. Cases during group study will complement topics from PA Professional Practice II and Patient Assessment II. There will be a focus on the development of cultural humility and an emphasis on the primary care needs of the underserved. The goal is to prepare students to provide preventive, emergent, acute, chronic, rehabilitative, palliative, and end-of-life care to adult, pediatric, prenatal, and elderly populations.