CSKL 1321

Introduction to Physical Examination

Required of all first-year medical students. Course teaches students the basic physical examination skills required to enter the clinical years of medical school and to provide a knowledge base and skill set for the learning of more complex clinical skills required in the more advanced stages of medical training as well as their medical careers. Didactic sessions, trained standardized patients, and clinical correlation sessions with physicians and their patients are used to teach physical examination skills. Students are expected to approach this course in a self-directed learning format with active participation expected.

Units: 3.0