This course is designed to guide the physician assistant student for a Master's Project that satisfies the requirements of the Graduate School's Plan-B, non-thesis Master's of Science degree. Students will identify a research topic relevant to the profession and begin development of a research project. Emphasis is placed on identification of a research question and appropriate research protocol.
The PAS 650 course is designed to deliver content specific to the principles of obtaining medical histories as well as performing physical examinations. Further, students will be introduced to health care communication in both a lecture as well as laboratory format.
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.
This course is designed to provide a foundation in diseases and disorders seen in primary care. This course covers common laboratory and radiological procedures performed in the primary care setting and their clinical interpretation. Students will also be asked to decipher/ interpret lab information in the context of a variety of clinical case studies. Emphasis is placed on, obtaining a knowledge base of laboratory tests and radiologic imaging to aid in forming an adequate differential diagnosis. Whenever possible, topics are synchronized to other courses to reinforce learning.
This is part one to a two-part pharmacology series with PAS 673. This course is designed to introduce and reinforce basic clinical pharmacology concepts as well as the specific pharmacology of various pathophysiologic disease states. Using a class specific approach, learners will be exposed to various drug classes and information regarding mechanism of action, anticipated adverse effects, and associated clinical pearls will be presented.
This is a surgically oriented course which presents information necessary for the diagnosis, treatment planning and treatment of surgical cases. The information gained is applied to planning treatment for actual surgical cases. Lecture, 27 hours; laboratory, 3 hours.
PGY/BIO-502 is a team-taught, lecture-based course that provides an integrated in-depth understanding of the physiology and pathophysiology of the human cardiovascular, digestive, endocrine, neural, renal and respiratory organ systems. Lectures are supplemented with assigned readings, hands-on demonstrations, and problem-oriented study sessions.
A critical evaluation at the advanced level of the literature of the major mammalian physiological systems at the organ, cellular and molecular level. The course is intended to be taken with and to complement PGY 502. It includes a critical reading of the primary literature.
This is a course for students in the biomedical sciences interested in understanding the principles and pitfalls of experimental design and data analysis. The course focuses on why specific experimental design and analysis strategies are applied.
The objective of the course will be to provide a general overview of the current state of knowledge concerning the pathophysiology and therapeutic approaches to central nervous system injury. The course will provide a strong working background concerning the issues, techniques and frontiers of neurotrauma therapeutic discovery research aimed at reducing acute post-traumatic neurodegeneration in the injured brain or spinal cord or enabling regeneration and repair.
