PAS - 588 Emergency Medicine

Students will see patients in all areas of the emergency department under supervision of attending physicians, PAs or advanced practice nurses. Students will perform histories and physical examinations, record their findings and discuss patients with attending physicians. Students will formulate diagnostic plans, bearing in mind the inherent time and cost factors. Patient assessment and management are reviewed to include the generation of a differential diagnosis, oral presentation of patient data to the supervising physician and appropriate referral of patients. Credit Hours: (4)