PA - 693 Lifestyle Medicine

Credits: 5

Experiences in Lifestyle Medicine. The lifestyle medicine clinical rotation will expose the student to the care of patients with a wide variety of medical problems likely to be encountered in the outpatient setting related to overall wellness, diet and exercise, and coresponding comorbidities. This rotation will include exposure to diagnostic studies/procedures that are ordered/interpreted/performed by healthcare providers in this discipline. The student will develop and refine techniques of patient rapport including anticipation of patient needs and explanation of the essentials of the disease/ illness to the patient and family. Through participating directly in patient care, students have an opportunity to evaluate and manage a variety of patients and conditions.

Prerequisite: Student in clinical phase of the program