This course builds on basic health assessment skills to provide a solid foundation for integrating advanced health assessment with diagnostic reasoning and clinical decision-making. The primary focus of the course is on history taking, physical assessment, and the process of formulating differential diagnoses in a primary care context. A secondary focus emphasizes prevention and health maintenance strategies with individuals and families across the lifespan.
Objectives:
- Conduct a comprehensive history and physical examination of infants, children, adults and elderly.
- Conduct a symptom-specific health history and physical examination for individuals across the life span
- Analyze relevant lab data and diagnostic tests as a basis for developing a differential diagnosis
- Analyze assessment findings to differentiate abnormal pathology and develop relevant differential diagnoses
- Communicate findings of the health history, physical examination, and diagnostic tests using accurate, concise recording and reporting
- Analyze the sensitivity and specificity of health screening measures commonly used in primary care
Develop health promotion, prevention, and health maintenance plans for individuals and families in the context of primary care.
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