Skills for Primary Practice III

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This course will focus on procedural skills linked to Primary Medicine III including orthopedic, pulmonary, cardiac, and GI procedures. Instruction will include, but is not limited to, performing an EKG, spirometry and peak flow measurements, placing feeding and G-tubes, and splinting and casting. Besides performing the skill, students will learn how to document the procedure (and in the case of ECG, Radiology, Spirometry and PF’s, learn to interpret results) and provide discharge information to the patient, including post-procedure education (if warranted).