Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take PA-633. (Required, Previous).
Credit Hours: Min: 4; Max:
Description: This course provides foundational knowledge, introduces practical skills, and develops professional attitudes and behaviors relevant to the clinical assessment of a patient. Students will apply evidence-based history taking and documentation. Instruction in the art of assessment is complemented by topics in evidence-based medicine and clinical problem solving. The course emphasizes the integration of physical examination and medical history taking with basic and other clinical sciences. Students will synthesize knowledge to demonstrate a rationale for selection of maneuvers and interpretation of findings. The course will also incorporate common diagnostic, prognostic, therapeutic, and palliative procedures consistent with the practice of medicine by a physician assistant. PA 643 is the third course in the 523, 633, 643 sequence, all of which cover similar concepts with different organ systems. PA 643, along with PA 641 and 645, covers cardiovascular, obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), and neurology organ systems. Aspects of infectious disease will also be covered.