Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 
    
2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PAM 545 - Introduction to Primary Care and the Normal Patient

8 credits
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.



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