PA 530 Clinical Medicine III
This is the third course in a four-part series, exposing the student to the study of common medical and surgical disorders encountered in general medicine. Course content includes typical clinical presentation, etiology, pathophysiology, diagnostic work-up, formulation of treatment plan and referral. This course will also explore the health in rural populations and the special characteristics of providing care in this setting. Topics covered include male genitourinary, sexually transmitted diseases, neurology, oncology/hematology and coagulation disorders, family violence and abuse, rehabilitative medicine, end-of-life issues, pain management, emergency medicine, and rural medicine.