CCPA 5000 - Clinical Medicine I

7 credit hours

Clinical Medicine I is the first of four courses in the clinical medicine series, and it begins the study of medical science as it applies to medical conditions that relate to the integumentary, ophthalmology, HEENT (head, ears, eyes, nose, throat) systems. An introduction to infectious disease will also be covered. Deep learning task areas for the conditions arising in these systems 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 I and Patient Assessment I. 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.

Conditions arising in the Head, Brain and Neck regions will be covered in depth during this course, while conditions that reflect more systemic complexity will be introduced now and further solidified in future clinical medicine courses. The modules in this course will examine the interconnectedness of multiorgan systems that arise in the region of the Head, Brain and Neck.