PAS 654 course is a two-part clinical lecture series designed to cover the essentials of diagnosis and management of diseases and disorders commonly seen in general medicine. The course includes instruction of clinical medicine covering all organ systems. Emphasis is placed on identifying the etiology, clinical presentation, laboratory and imaging abnormalities, management, clinical therapeutics/intervention as well as prevention and patient education aspects of select diseases/disorders. Students work to develop skills in clinical reasoning and critical thinking throughout the term.