PHAS 5262 Clinical Clerkship
This course covers the indications, contraindications, step-by-step procedures, and potential complications of multiple hands-on skills that are commonly performed by physician assistants in clinical practice. Examples include: phlebotomy, injections, IV therapy, urethral and nasogastric catheterization, pulmonary function testing, suturing, casting and splinting, various ENT procedures, and use of various types of monitoring devices and restraints. Students will have an opportunity to scrub, gown, and glove in an operating room environment. This course also covers documenting in the medical record.
Prerequisite
Admission into the Physician Assistant Studies Program.
Offered
Summer III