Patient Care II

Catalog description

This course is the second in a series of four courses encompassing all aspects of patient care. Students will learn the components of taking a complete medical history and perform and document a physical examination of a patient presenting with an endocrine, nephrologic, urologic and neurologic complaint. The second focus is on the integration of the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus (DM) type 2 with an understanding on the disease process from Primary Medicine II. Students will learn to identify normal physical exam findings and compare and contrast these to abnormal exam findings. Students will also learn to elicit historical information for all aspects of a complete history for a preventive visit and for a complete history of a patient with a chronic disorder.