PAST 512 - History Taking and Physical Assessment I

Building rapport with patients and learning and performing medical skills under direct faculty supervision are the focus of the history taking and physical assessment courses. Students learn how to elicit patient histories under a number of conditions, perform and document directed and complete physical examinations, and write notes using the SOAP and complete H and P formats.

Prerequisites & Notes
Matriculation into the professional phase of the program.

Co-requisites:

PAST 513 - Mental Health Issues in Primary Care

PAST 515 - Clinical Human Anatomy and Physiology I

PAST 523 - Pharmacology I

and

PAST 524 - Clinical Medicine I

Credits: 4

Academic Catalog

PAST 512 - History Taking and Physical Assessment I