PA 521 Clinical Skills & Procedures
This course will prepare the student for the upcoming clinical year. The focus will be on procedures including sterile technique, venipuncture, IV placement, injections, airway management and endotracheal intubation, nasogastric tube placement, lumbar puncture, urinary bladder catheter insertion, bandaging, casting and splinting, local anesthesia, and wound management and closure. Instruction for this course will consist of lectures and structured small-group clinical skills exercises.
Prerequisite
Successful completion of prior trimester of PA coursework or program permission