Clinical Medicine and Diagnostics I

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This course is the first of three courses designed to provide the student with a body-system, problem oriented approach to human diseases and disorders, using a lifespan approach from pediatrics to geriatrics. It will include discussion of etiology, epidemiology, historical data, genetic influence, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, physical exam findings, differential diagnosis, diagnostic studies, laboratory medicine, therapeutic management, prevention, and prognosis of common disease processes found in the primary care setting. Topics include neurology, musculoskeletal, rheumatology, hematology/oncology, and infectious diseases. Offered summer term each year. Four semester hours.