PRINCIPLES OF PATIENT ASSESSMENT AND EDUCATION ONE

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This is the second of a three-course series designed to enable the student to acquire skills to effectively evaluate patients and educate patients. This course will focus on the development of the necessary physical examination skills related to the head and neck, heart and peripheral vascular system, chest and lungs, and the abdomen. Students will also learn how to evaluate the mental status of a patient. This course is sequenced with the PAS 5410 Clinical Medicine course addressing the disorders associated with these body systems. Continued development of effective patient-centered communication skills will take place as students refine their ability to obtain a full history form patients in a variety of setting while practicing their physical examination skills. Lecture with small group laboratory instruction and paractie will be utilized as well as encounters with volunteer patients. Documentation of the patient encounter and oral presentation of patient information will be practiced. Exploration of the development of a differential diagnosis based on historical patient data and physical examination findings will take place in the small group setting. The concepts of population health, resource allocation, and health disparities are defined and discussed in both lecture and small group sessions. Students prepare a population health project based on a health concern of the community to be presented to the class.