CCPA 5020 - Clinical Medicine III

7 credit hours

Clinical Medicine III is the third of four courses in the clinical medicine series, and it continues the study of medical science as it applies to medical conditions related to the endocrinology, men’s health/genitourinary/renal, and musculoskeletal systems. Deep learning task areas for these conditions 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 through an online planform. Cases during group study will complement topics from PA Professional Practice III and Patient Assessment III. 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 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 lumbar spine, abdominal and pelvic regions.