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| HBA 561 Regional
Human Anatomy (5 credits) |
An
overview of the gross anatomy of the human body. Studies the limbs in
an extra period. Includes neuroanatomy. Lectures an laboratory dissections.
Objectives and course information is available on the following website:
http://gibbon.anat.sunysb.edu/SHTM/index.html
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| HBP 511 Pathobiology (3 credits) |
For
graduate students who have obtained healthcare-related baccalaureate
degrees. Covers the underlying principles of modern experimental pathology
through the case study approach. Focuses on the clinical aspects of the
body system, including relevant underlying biochemistry, structure, or
pathophysiology at the organ, tissue, cell or molecular level.
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| HBH 510/511 Pharmacology:
Principles and Practice (6 credits) |
Covers
the basic principles that underlie the action of drugs on physiological
processes. These principles are applied to the specific action of drugs
on various body systems as well as drug-drug interactions emphasizing
the mechanisms of drug action. Surveys therapeutic applications and adverse
drug reactions. Clinical case studies related to each section focus on
which medications are appropriate to prescribe in various medical settings
based on their potential advantages, disadvantages and relative costs.
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| HBY 501 Human
Physiology (4 credits) |
This
course covers the normal functioning of human tissues and organs and
their regulation and integration by the nervous and endocrine systems.
Emphasis is placed on the physiological control systems and the preservation
of the constancy of the internal environment.
Objectives and course information is available on the following website:
http://newphy.pnb.sunysb.edu/hby350/default.htm
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| HAP 504 Professional
Practice Issues (2 credits) |
The
Professional Practice Issues course provides students with information
critical to understanding the development and organization of the physician
assistant profession in the United States. Students explore the dynamics
of PA practice, including such issues as responsibilities to patients
and the public, professional regulation and involvement, team care, cultural
diversity, and developing trends in PA practice. Students are encouraged
to explore, critique, and evaluate professional practice issues especially
as they relate to the quality, delivery and cost-effectiveness of our
nation’s health care system.
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| HAP 510 Clinical
Laboratory Medicine (3 credits) |
Clinical
Laboratory Medicine is an important professional course. The ability
to select, perform and interpret the results of basic clinical laboratory
procedures is essential to the PAs role and responsibilities in ordering
and/or performing diagnostic tests and analyzing a data base to aid in
formulating a preliminary diagnosis and management plan. The course is
offered during modules two and three after students have acquired a foundation
in human physiology and anatomy.
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| HAP 521 Clinical
Medicine I (10-16 credits) |
Clinical
Medicine I is a course designed to present the clinical relevance of
data obtained from the history and physical examination and emphasizes
the process of synthesizing data to formulate diagnostic and management
plans for the "whole person." The course begins by introducing
the students to techniques of medical interviewing and physical examination
skills and the recording of data is taught in the problem oriented medical
record format. The diagnostic process is taught in an organ systems (or
medical subspecialty) approach. The rationale underlying the course's
design, content and emphasis is to provide the student with a comprehensive
understanding of mental and physical health disease. The selection and
organization of course content is intended to help students develop a
logical, sequential and humanistic approach to patients and the complexity
of their medico-psycho-social problems.
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| HAP 522 Clinical
Medicine II (15 credits) |
Clinical
Medicine II is a course designed to present the clinical relevance of
data obtained from the history and physical examination and emphasizes
the process of synthesizing data to formulate diagnostic and management
plans for the "whole person." The course begins by introducing
the students to techniques of medical interviewing and physical examination
skills and the recording of data is taught in the problem oriented medical
record format. The diagnostic process is taught in an organ systems (or
medical subspecialty) approach. The rationale underlying the course's
design, content and emphasis is to provide the student with a comprehensive
understanding of mental and physical health disease. The selection and
organization of course content is intended to help students develop a
logical, sequential and humanistic approach to patients and the complexity
of their medico-psycho-social problems.
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| HAP 523 Clinical
Medicine III (13 credits) |
Clinical
Medicine III is a course designed to present the clinical relevance of
data obtained from the history and physical examination and emphasizes
the process of synthesizing data to formulate diagnostic and management
plans for the "whole person." The course begins by introducing
the students to techniques of medical interviewing and physical examination
skills and the recording of data is taught in the problem oriented medical
record format. The diagnostic process is taught in an organ systems (or
medical subspecialty) approach. The rationale underlying the course's
design, content and emphasis is to provide the student with a comprehensive
understanding of mental and physical health disease. The selection and
organization of course content is intended to help students develop a
logical, sequential and humanistic approach to patients and the complexity
of their medico-psycho-social problems.
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| HAP 532 Diagnostic
Imaging (2 credits) |
This
course provides the physician assistant student with an overview of common
diagnostic imaging modalities and their indications, limitations, benefits
and potential risks. Students are taught how to utilize radiographic
studies in the diagnosis of disease with an emphasis placed on interpreting
normal radiographic findings and their comparison to the abnormalities
found in disease processes.
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| HAP 534 Introduction
to Clinical Psychiatry (3 credits) |
Provides
an overview of the principles of psychiatric evaluation and interviewing
including the mental status exam. Focuses on psychiatric problems seen
in primary care, introducing students to the differential diagnosis and
treatment of major psychiatric disorders such as anxiety, personality
and mood disorders, psychosis, substance abuse, and somatoform disorders.
Fosters an awareness of those social patterns that exert an impact on
mental functioning.
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| HAP 540 Clinical
Prevention and Population Health (1 credit) |
This
course is designed to introduce students to the principles and practices
of public health, and includes an overview of basic concepts, history
and development, determinants of health and legal and ethical aspects
of public health. Students are oriented to various public health settings
such as local and state health departments, not for profit community
associations, and agencies for special populations. In addition; the
following public health areas are addressed in detail: clinical prevention
services, health systems and health policy and community aspects of practice.
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| HAP 551 Research
Design and Evidence-Based Medicine (2 credits) |
Provides students with basic knowledge and skills needed to formulate research questions and hypotheses, develop research protocols, critically evaluate and analyze scientific and medical journals, and to conduct computerized searches and literature reviews. Describes principles of Evidence-Based Medicine, with emphasis on various types of clinical questions and tools available to answer them.
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