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MPA 5725 - Supervised Clinical Practice: General Internal Medicine I


3 Credit Hours
The supervised clinical practice experience in Internal Medicine is designed to prepare a student to function in an Internal Medicine setting in a role appropriate to a primary care physician assistant (PA). [Standard B3.04]. Each student will experience patient encounters that are essential in preparation for entry into practice. Students will be able to evaluate/assess patients involving one or more of the following types of encounters: preventative, acute, or chronic. [Standard B3.02]. Each student will be given the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills learned in the didactic program as s/he is exposed to patients seeking medical care across the life span, including infants, children, adolescents, adults, and elderly [Standard B3.03]. Dependent on the patient population of the practice, the student may also encounter patients seeking care for conditions requiring surgical management, prenatal and gynecologic care, as well as care for behavioral and mental health conditions [Standard B3.03].



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