PAS 6120 - Care Across the Lifespan

This course provides an overview of normal and abnormal human development and appropriate health promotion and counseling to be provided by the physician assistant at all stages of the lifespan: newborn and infant, toddler, preschool and school-aged children, adolescents, adults, and elderly. The recommended schedule of well-visits and preventative care at each stage will be addressed. Normal and abnormal responses to stress, abuse, neglect, and violence, human sexuality, and death and dying are additional topics that will be explored in this course.

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