STUDENT INFORMATION
Enrolled
Prospective
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Year two
Block
five
- Basic Science/PBL: Pathophysiology 1 (6 hours)
Cell injury, hemodynamic disturbances, genetics disorders, autoimmune disease, immune deficiency, and hypersensitivity.
- Introduction to Patient Care: Diagnostic
Tests and Medical Decisions (2 hours)
Diagnostic tests, imaging, tests of function, differential diagnosis, and iterative hypothesis testing.
- Advanced
physical diagnosis.
Block
six
- Basic Science/PBL: Pathophysiology 2 (6 hours)
Cardiovascular, respiratory, blood disorders, and nutritional diseases.
- Introduction to Patient Care: Psychopathology
and Behavioral Medicine (2 hours)
Normal psychosocial development, psychopathology, psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, when to refer, and psychosocial factors in aging.
- Advanced physical diagnosis.
Block
seven
- Basic Science/PBL: Pathophysiology 3 (6 hours)
Gastrointestinal, liver, endocrine, renal, and genitourinary disorders.
- Introduction to Patient Care: Clinical Practicum
(2 hours)
Charts and notes, admission orders, writing prescriptions, adult and pediatric nutrition, venipuncture, infection control, IV access, fluids and electrolytes, arterial blood gases, intubation, lumbar puncture, catheterization, and studies in ophthalmology.
- Advanced physical
diagnosis.
Block eight
- Basic Science/PBL: Pathophysiology 4 (6 hours)
Clinical microbiology, antibiotics, reproductive pathology, musculoskeletal, and skin and nervous system disorders.
- Introduction to Patient Care: Doctor as
a Person (2 hours)
Lifestyle balance, stress, careers in medicine, patient safety, current issues in health care, ethics, end-of-life care, and the changing health care system.
- Advanced
physical diagnosis.
Students are required to demonstrate competency in doing a comprehensive history and physical examination before advancing to the third year.
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