Introduction to Primary Care andthe Normal Patient (PAM 545)
Term: 2016-2017 School Year Summer Semester
Description
This course will introduce the physician assistant student to primary care and the "normal" patient from the newborn to the geriatric patient, including the expectant mother from pregnancy diagnosis to the delivery and postpartum care. The student will learn what is "normal," i.e. the general molecular chemistry of life, including genetics; growth and development; basic screening exams for adults, newborns, and children; principles of pharmacology, pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics, and how to take accurate and complete histories on all types of patients. Health promotion and disease prevention will be addressed as well as immunology, infectious diseases, and antibiotics.