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PHA - 535 Principles of Advanced Practice II


This is the second of a 2-part companion course to PHA 534- Clinical Medicine III. This course will discuss the essentials of ordering, interpreting, and performing clinical studies used in the screening, diagnosis, management and monitoring of disease. The course will mirror the organ systems scheduled in clinical medicine. Topics include the interpretation of abdominal imaging, gastrointestinal testing, renal and bladder imaging, hormone assays, breast imaging, cervical cancer screening, bone testing, fracture imaging and preventative and geriatric testing. Emerging diagnostic technology and the use of diagnostic testing in disease assessment and management, including decision making regarding ordering radiologic testing, will also be included. There will also be several written short answer case assignments, done in class, that will encompass knowledge students have gained in Diagnostic Methods, as well as Principles of Advanced Practice I. Prerequisite: Successful completion of PHA 525. Also requires concurrent enrollment in PHA 534. Retake Counts for Credit: No. Pass/No Pass Grading Allowed: No. Credit(s): 2