Diagnostic Reasoning and Advanced Health Assessment

Catalog description

This course is designed to assist students to refine history taking, psychosocial assessment and physical assessment skills. Content focuses on assessment of individuals throughout the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on detailed health history taking, differentiation, interpretation and documentation of normal and abnormal findings. Diagnostic reasoning skills are emphasized as students develop processes to formulate differential diagnoses for acute and chronic physical and mental illnesses in the primary care setting across the lifespan.