MPAS 5250 Emergency Medicine

2 SCH. This course presents common conditions encountered in Emergency Medicine. The course focuses upon diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and patient management. Students also learn the relevant epidemiology, demographics, pathophysiology, expected history and physical, laboratory and imaging studies, treatments, and monitoring. Important patient education, health promotion, and disease prevention will be included. Learning activities may include lectures, labs, case studies, small groups, self-directed study and individual activities. Assessment is conducted using written and lab examinations. Letter Grade