PA - 619 Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion

Credits: 1

Discusses lifestyle modifications to improve health. This course discusses public health, epidemiology, vulnerable populations and disease prevention as outlined in Healthy People 2020. The focus is on how early medical intervention can affect the disease process, emphasizes the physician assistant’s role in promoting wellness and encourages cultural awareness and sensitivity for patients regardless of ethnic heritage, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, immigration status, socioeconomic status. Application of information and delivering patient education will utilized throughout this course.

Prerequisite: Student in didactic phase of the program