Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning

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This course addresses the theoretical principles and practical application of advanced physical assessment and history taking throughout the lifespan. Relationships between assessment findings and underlying physiology and pathophysiology in the healthy and unhealthy patient are investigated. Emphasis is placed on developing critical diagnostic thinking through interpretation of subjective and objective data, identification of normal and abnormal conditions, and systematic reporting of summative findings. Clinical judgment and clinical reasoning skills are used in establishing differential diagnoses. You will learn to address variables such as age, gender, culture, ethnicity, and developmental stages in differential diagnosis and evaluation and management plans.