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May 14, 2024
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PAS 790 - Pediatric Medicine Clerkship (5 units)
The Pediatric Medicine clerkship offers second-year PA students a 4 week ambulatory, primary care clinical experience and an introduction to the role of the primary care medical provider in pediatrics.
Units of Internship/Practicum: 5
Offered: Every Fall
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. apply knowledge and skills learned throughout the didactic year to demonstrate competency in advanced elicitation of history, communication, physical examination, and critical thinking skills from the patient and/or care giver.
2. assess the population of pediatric patients including newborns, infants, children and adolescents providing care for the variety of diseases, conditions and/or injuries commonly encountered in pediatrics.
3. obtain a patient centered medical history, conduct a physical examination, recommend diagnostic and laboratory studies, and discuss and recommend treatment plans with the guidance of a preceptor for pediatric patients of all genders.
4. identify, perform or order screening health examinations and laboratory tests consistent with current health promotion, disease prevention recommendations for pediatric patients of all ages.
5. generate differential diagnoses and determine a primary diagnosis based on clinical presentation and diagnostic evaluation with pediatric patients.
6. recommend appropriate treatment plans for each patient encounter, including pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies with specific attention to pediatric dosing and including appropriate specialist referral when indicated.
7. generate timely written or electronic documentation of all patient encounters.
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