Preventive Medicine and Nutrition

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This didactic year course is designed to help the student develop an appreciation for the role of public health policy as an instrument of disease prevention. This course will explore a broad landscape of preventive health strategies by Non-Government and Government agencies, including the Centers of Disease Control and the US Preventive Services Task Force, as well as the role that such agencies have in formation of policy statements, law, and aims meant to serve societal trust. The role of foods and nutrition in preserving health and wellbeing, challenges and impacts on pharmacotherapy, and even herbal and alternative agents will also be considered. Prerequisite: Acceptance to the Physician Associate Program. Co-requisites: PAS 601 , PAS 602 , PAS 603 , PAS 611 , PAS 612 , PAS 621 , PAS 622 , PAS 623 .