PAS-5142 Advanced Clinical Skills 3
As part of the integrated physician assistant curricula, Advanced Clinical Skills (ACS) is the companion course for Clinical Medicine. ACS 3 is the third of a three-course series. Students will engage in lectures, demonstrations, and practice sessions. Areas of study will include but are not limited to: slit lamp examination, suturing, surgical gowning and gloving, venipuncture, injections, and IV placements. The course also includes three (3) lab workshops that will focus on the application and interpretation of laboratory values for given clinical scenarios. Students will justify their lab orders and discuss the lab interpretations in small groups to effectively assess, treat and educate a patient within a given clinical scenario. Lectures on radiologic tests and interpretation of such tests will be provided. Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification sponsored by the American Heart Association (AHA) will also be provided.
Offered
Didactic Phase, Summer Semester