PAS 533: Principles of Clinical Medicine III (8.0 credit hours)
This is the third of three courses focused on the evaluation and management of acute, emergent, and chronic presentations of medical and surgical conditions found in pediatric, adult, and geriatric patient populations. Students learn the epidemiology, etiology, physiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, prevention, and management (acute, longitudinal, pre-/intra-/post-operative, pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, referral, rehabilitative, palliative/end-of-life) of these conditions. Students also learn how to generate differential diagnoses and make clinical decisions by linking relevant anatomic, physiologic, and pathophysiologic concepts with clinical presentations and diagnostic study results. Learning objectives in this course align with many of the learning objectives in PAS 503 and PAS 513. Instruction is primarily in lectures, small group discussion, and case study format. These learning experiences enable students to achieve the program’s Didactic Phase Learning Outcomes. Student learning is assessed primarily with multiple-choice question examinations.
Pre-requisite(s): PAS 506, PAS 507, PAS 501, PAS 502, PAS 511, PAS 512, PAS 531, PAS 532, PAS 541, and PAS 542