Lab/Diagnostic Testing II

Catalog description

The PA must know what tests are available, as well their benefits, risks, and limitations. In this second sequential lecture-based course, Laboratory and Diagnostic Testing II will continue to teach the laboratory, imaging, and diagnostic studies commonly used in primary care and how they are ordered, performed, reported, and interpreted for the psychiatry/behavioral sciences, cardiovascular, endocrine, pulmonary, and reproductive systems. The diagnostic testing knowledge gained in this course should be applied to clinical reasoning and patient cases in the Clinical Medicine workshops. Prerequisites: Acceptance into the PA program. Successful completion of preceding courses in PA program.