PAS 661 - PEDIATRIC CLERKSHIP

College of Health Sciences

Credits: 3

This is a four-week clinical course designed to provide physician assistant students with experience in evaluation and treating common problems encountered in pediatrics. Experience is provided at the level of a primary care physician assistant, and emphasis is placed on performing a pediatric history and physical exam, selecting and interpreting laboratory exams, establishing a logical differential diagnosis, evaluating evidence based medicine, performing selected procedures, and establishing a tentative treatment and management plan.

Prerequisite(s):
Prereq: Enrollment in the Physician Assistant program and successful completion of the didactic portion of the PA curriculum.
Approved for Distance Learning.