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| HAP 570 Medicine
Clerkship (5 credits) |
The
five week inpatient clerkship in general medicine provides an opportunity
to apply the principles of general medicine learned in the preclinical
curriculum. Students are assigned to a team, and through supervised,
ongoing patient contact, they are exposed to patients with a wide variety
of acute and chronic medical problems. Emphasis is placed on data gathering,
differential diagnosis, patient management, maintenance of medical records,
performance of diagnostic and therapeutic skills, follow up care and
the provision of health education and counseling.
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| HAP 571 Obstetrics
and Gynecology (5 credits) |
The
five week inpatient clerkship in obstetrics and gynecology provides an
opportunity to apply the principles learned in the preclinical curriculum.
Students will be exposed to labor and delivery, inpatient gynecology
and outpatient gynecology, including family planning. Emphasis is placed
on data gathering, differential diagnosis, patient management, maintenance
of medical records, performance of diagnostic and therapeutic skills,
follow up care and the provision of health education and counseling.
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| HAP 572 General
Surgery Clerkship (5 credits) |
The
five week inpatient clerkship in general surgery provides an opportunity
to apply the principles learned in the preclinical curriculum. The rotation
includes supervised experiences in both inpatient and ambulatory care
settings with exposure to various surgical subspecialties. Emphasis is
placed on data gathering, differential diagnosis, patient management,
maintenance of medical records, performance of diagnostic and therapeutic
skills, appropriate triage and referral, follow up care and the provision
of health education and counseling.
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| HAP 574 Emergency
Medicine (5 credits) |
The
five week outpatient clerkship in emergency medicine provides an opportunity
to apply the principles learned in the preclinical curriculum. Through
supervised patient contact the student will gain practical clinical experience
in performing the directed history and physical, triage, and management
of acute medical and surgical emergencies. The emergency medicine rotation
occurs after completion of the medicine clerkship in order to assure
proficiency in data gathering and patient interactive skills.
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| HAP 575 Psychiatry
Clerkship (4 credits) |
The
four week clerkship in psychiatry provides an opportunity to apply general
principles of psychiatry as taught in HAP 508 to a hospital-based, inpatient
or emergency outpatient care setting. The student is provided with practical
clinical experience in identifying, evaluating, managing and referring
patients presenting with common and/or emergent psychiatric problems.
Students develop skills in performing mental status examinations and
gathering a thorough psychiatric database. The student is exposed to
management regimens and made aware of community-based mental health referral
facilities that may be utilized in the treatment of the psychiatric patient.
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| HAP 576 Medicine
Preceptorship (5 credits) |
This
five week rotation provides the student with practical clinical experience
in working with the ambulatory medical patient. This preceptorship is
intended to augment and develop directed data collection skills emphasizing
a wide range of primary care medical problems. It will also stress those
cognitive and affective skills, which will enable the student to recognize
normal, and assess abnormal, findings. The student will be familiarized
with the indications, limitations, and methodology of ambulatory diagnostic
procedures and therapeutics. Further, he or she will gain an appreciation
for practice management and the role a PA may play in a general medicine/family
practice setting.
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| HAP 577 Pediatrics
Preceptorship (5 credits) |
This
five week rotation provides the student with practical clinical experience
in working with the ambulatory pediatric patient. This preceptorship
is intended to augment and develop directed data collection and patient
management skills emphasizing a wide range of primary care pediatric
problems. It will also stress those cognitive and affective skills that
will enable the student to recognize normal, and assess abnormal findings.
The student will augment such skills as counseling the parent as to normal
growth and development, anticipatory guidance, feeding, immunizations,
etc., and will become familiar with the indications, limitations, and
methodology of ambulatory diagnostic procedures and therapeutics. Further,
he/she will gain an appreciation for practice management and the role
a PA may play in a pediatric practice setting.
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| HAP 579 Geriatrics
Clerkship (5 credits) |
The
five week inpatient clerkship in geriatric medicine provides an opportunity
to apply the principles learned in the preclinical curriculum. This rotation
focuses on evaluation and management of medical and psychosocial aspects
of aging and exposes the student to rehabilitation, chronic care, day
care, home care, and ambulatory clinics.
Emphasis is placed on data gathering, differential diagnosis, patient management,
maintenance of medical records, performance of diagnostic and therapeutic
skills, follow up care and referral, and the provision of health education
and counseling. Students learn the value of an interdisciplinary approach
to geriatric care.
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| HAP 580 Orthopedics (4 credits) |
The
four week inpatient clerkship in orthopedics provides an opportunity
to apply the principles learned in the preclinical curriculum. Through
supervised hospital-based inpatient and outpatient (including emergency
department) experiences, the student gains skill in the evaluation and
management of orthopedic problems, data gathering, reduction of fractures,
immobilization, and wound evaluation.
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| HAP 581 Clinical
Elective (4 credits) |
This
four week rotation provides the student with the opportunity to explore
an area of medical or surgical practice beyond basic required rotations.
Students are encouraged to choose an area of emerging importance in healthcare
and PA practice, or a potential employment setting.
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