PAS 6300 - Neurology

This course prepares students to evaluate and manage patients with neurologic conditions. Background information, including epidemiology, the interprofessional team involved in care, settings of care, and common resources utilized in neurology will be reviewed. There will be an emphasis on anatomy and physiology relevant to the nervous system, patient evaluation and assessment and the neurologic examination, patient education, counseling, health promotion, and screening related to neurologic disorders, pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of neurologic conditions commonly encountered in clinical practice, laboratory and diagnostic testing utilized in neurology, and pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment of nervous system disease. Special considerations related to evidence-based medicine, genetics, public health, medicolegal and ethical considerations, cultural beliefs, and the healthcare system will be integrated throughout the course. This course covers diagnoses affecting patients across the lifespan.

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