PA Professional Practice III

Catalog description

PA Professional Practice III will focus on public health initiatives from the perspective of societal health. The curriculum will cover global health and emerging diseases, emergency preparedness; environmental hazards, safe food and drug programs. For individual patient care and prevention, the student will focus on nutrition, substance use disorders, and exercise and lifestyle management. This instruction will build upon topics taught in Primary Medicine III to provide patient education on health promotion and disease prevention guidelines. The course will also cover healthcare systems and evidence-based medicine to prepare students to evaluate the medical literature for patient care needs and evolving medicine.