PAS 521 - Laboratory and Diagnostic Testing I, 3 credit hours

This is a 2-part course which teaches PA students the fundamentals of diagnostic testing with application to clinical practice. The first course begins with basic and most common hematological and chemistry testing and then progresses on to microbiological testing and various imaging modalities (system based) as well as electrocardiography. The application of various tests and development of a differential diagnosis and diagnostic algorithms is discussed in detail.