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  • PHYA 654: Special Populations I

    1.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    The course is intended to help students learn about and become comfortable with the special populations they will encounter as a medical care provider. This course will include populations affected by socioeconomic disparities in health care, the incarcerated population, and issues surrounding immigrants and refugees.
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  • PHYA 661: Clinical Medicine with Lab II

    0.00 - 5.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    This course provides an in-depth study of disease pathology by body system and specialty. Key aspects of clinical medicine such as epidemiology, precipitating factors, etiology, risk factors, pathogenesis, pathophysiology, clinical presentation and manifestations, diagnostics, clinical intervention, disease management, clinical pearls, and differential diagnoses are comprehensively covered. Students will learn how to use differential diagnoses to guide the ordering of laboratory tests, imaging studies, and other diagnostic tools, such as pathology reports, to confirm or rule out disease processes. The laboratory component emphasizes the interactive and practical application of acquired knowledge, fostering critical thinking and solidifying medical concepts through collaborative learning experiences. Additionally, it prepares students to appropriately interpret laboratory and diagnostic results and take appropriate clinical action based on the findings. Correlated reviews of relevant pathology and radiology are integrated into the curriculum. The course specifically focuses on the endocrine, gastrointestinal, obstetrics/gynecology, genitourinary and renal components.
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  • PHYA 664: Special Populations II

    1.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    The purpose of this course is for students to continue to learn about and become comfortable with the special populations they will encounter as a medical care provider. This course will cover persons with genetic and/or developmental disabilities, members of the minority sexual and gender identities community, and victims of abuse.
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  • PHYA 671: Clinical Medicine with Lab III

    0.00 - 5.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    his course teaches the pathology of disease by body system and specialty. Fundamental elements of clinical medicine such as epidemiology, precipitating factors, etiology, risk factors, pathogenesis, pathophysiology, clinical presentation and manifestations, red flags, diagnostics, clinical intervention, management of diseases and disorders, clinical pearls, and differential diagnoses as appropriately indicated are covered. Students will learn how primary and differential diagnoses are used to order laboratory tests, imaging and other diagnostic studies such as pathology reports in order to rule in or rule out disease processes and disorders. Students will learn how to calculate needed values from given values when necessary. This course also involves the interactive practical application of acquired knowledge and is designed to develop critical thinkers solidify medical concepts through collaborative learning experiences and to appropriately interpret the results of the laboratory testing and to know what to do with the findings. Correlated reviews of relevant pathology and radiology are also incorporated. This course specifically focuses on hematology, cardiovascular and pulmonary body systems in addition to infectious disease and genetic anomalies.
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  • PHYA 674: Special Populations III

    1.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    The purpose of this course is for students to continue to learn about and become comfortable with the special populations they will encounter as a medical care provider. Specifically, this course will cover individuals of the homeless population, individuals belonging to the HIV population, and veterans of the armed forces.
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  • PHYA 677: Clinical Exposure and Transition

    1.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    This course incorporates experiential learning to prepare students for clerkships and clinical practice through facilitation and transition of medical application and skills from the academic phase of the curriculum to the clinical phase. Students are provided the opportunity to foster and refine communication skills, interprofessional responsibilities, and appropriate patient care strategies. Students will be placed in various clinical exposures throughout the semester to learn and evaluate professional behavior and patient care transition. Additionally, students will participate in a series of traditional classroom-based instruction that promotes active learning of clinical year preparation and expectations of the physician assistant student role and performance. Successfully passed all courses in the first and second semesters of Didactic year, and be in good standing in the Physician Assistant program.
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  • PHYA 690: Experimental

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    A unique and specifically focused course within the general purview of a department which intends to offer it on a "one time only" basis and not as a permanent part of the department's curriculum.
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  • PHYA 695: Workshop

    1.00 - 6.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.
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  • PHYA 698: Selected Topics

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department.
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  • PHYA 700: Independent Study

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    Independent Study courses give students the opportunity to pursue research and/or studies that are not part of the university's traditional course offerings. Students work one on one or in small groups with faculty guidance and are typically required to submit a final paper or project as determined by the supervising professor.
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