Internal Medicine I

Catalog description

The purpose of this course is to train the student in the skills necessary to identify the signs of disease. The course covers the clinical procedures necessary to evaluate the general status of the body systems, especially those areas where the patient’s histology is suggestive of alterations from normal. The course will emphasize overall neurological evaluation and cardiovascular assessment including blood pressure measurement, EKG evaluation and auscultation of the carotid artery for the presence of bruits as well as other systemic evaluations. The course also identifies certain areas for which the optometric physician needs in depth knowledge to facilitate proper laboratory testing and imaging. The student will be expected to have previously completed or to complete Basic Life Support training at the Provider level.