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2022-23 ATSU University Catalog 
    
2022-23 ATSU University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MSPA 5055 - Clinical Medicine: Cardiology & Hematology


8 credit hours

The Clinical Medicine series is a twelve course series that provides physician assistant students a systems-based education on health promotion and disease prevention, and patient evaluation, diagnosis, and management across the life span.  Building upon the material that is presented in the foundations of medicine courses, each course in the clinical medicine series will provide instruction covering a body system, developing an understanding of the pathophysiologic basis of disease (including genetics and molecular mechanisms of disease), generating systems-specific differential diagnoses, ordering and interpreting diagnostic studies, and formulating and implementing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment plans. Special emphasis will be given to the major principles of pharmacology, including concepts of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination. Medications covered will include those most commonly used in the care and treatment of the system-specific conditions.

Students will be challenged to apply their knowledge through simulated patient encounters and problem-based case scenarios to develop skills in clinical diagnostic selection and interpretation, pharmacology and therapeutic treatment planning, patient education, and holistic problem solving and medical decision-making through the completion of written and practical examinations. This program of study will prepare physician assistant students to provide preventive, emergent, acute, chronic, rehabilitative, palliative, and end-of-life care to prenatal, pediatric, adult, and elderly populations.

The Clinical Medicine series has been carefully organized to present material system by system to promote interaction of material from parallel courses in the curriculum, i.e. History and Physical Examination, Clinical Skills, and Body, Mind, & Spirit.