Course Description

PA 609 PRIMARY CARE ELECTIVE   5.0 Credit(s)
This five-week clinical course provides the PA student with experience in Primary Care healthcare settings that may include outpatient, inpatient, urgent care, rural, low resource, and/or medically underserved populations. Depending on the clinical setting, evaluation of patients may include pediatric, adult, or geriatric patients; and may include preventive medicine/health and wellness promotion, and management of acute and chronic illness. Students will gain experience in professional communication with patients, patient families, and supervising physicians within an interprofessional healthcare team. Prerequisites: Completion of the preclinical year of Physician Assistant Studies or program permission.
Offered: All Semesters All Years