Overview
Description
The Inpatient Internal Medicine/Geriatrics clerkship offers second-year PA students a 5-week clinical experience and an introduction to the role of the medical provider in an inpatient hospital setting. During this course/clerkship the student will apply basic medical knowledge, and demonstrate clinical reasoning and communication skills in the evaluation of problems encountered in an inpatient setting consisting of internal medicine and geriatrics.
Units
Internship Practicum6
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer
Terms
fall, spring, summer
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- obtain a problem-focused medical history.
- perform a full physical examination.
- communicate clinical information.
- order and interpret diagnostic tests.
- produce documentation for patient care.
- integrate patient data to develop a differential diagnosis.
- develop a treatment plan.
- use evidence-based guidelines to provide patient care.
- demonstrate awareness of personal limitations and seek assistance when needed.
- demonstrate professionalism.
- interact professionally as a member of the interprofessional healthcare team.
- demonstrate cultural humility and sensitivity when interacting with people of diverse backgrounds.
- manage patients with acute conditions.
- manage patients with chronic conditions.