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Apr 25, 2024
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2020-2022 Catalog Volume XXX Ver 3 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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PAS 5521 Clinical Geriatrics
Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 3
This course is designed to provide the physician assistant students with an understanding of the medical problems of the elderly including the biological and psychological changes commonly associated with aging. The overall goal of this geriatric course is to provide all students with a foundation for competent, compassionate care of the older adult. This foundation includes attitudes, knowledge, and skills needed by those giving care to older people. In addition, this course focuses on developing an understanding of age-related disease, an increased incidence of undesirable drug interactions, multi-system organ failure, and limitations in mobility, communication, and other impairments. End of life issues and palliative care will be addressed.
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