CLS213

The curriculum of Clinical Medicine I is integrated with CLS223 (Physical and Clinical Diagnosis Practicum I). Presented in modules, the Clinical Medicine series are designed to support the student in developing competence in each stage of the clinical encounter:  history, physical examination, laboratory investigation, differential diagnosis, and concepts related to management. 

Each module uses case studies to discuss incidence, etiology, pathology, and progression of common primary care concerns relevant to clinical practice. Students explore and incorporate the functional organization and operational mechanisms used by cells, tissues, organs and systems. Clinical cases provide context for selecting and applying specific physical examinations and laboratory tests. The student interprets and critically evaluates information derived from history, physical exam, and laboratory investigations, and use their developing clinical reasoning skills to arrive at relevant and appropriate working diagnoses, based on real-life signs and symptoms presented in clinical practice. 

Successful course completion of CLS213 enables students to understand basic patterns of human pathologies and their application to varying disease processes, recognize the presentation of life-threatening disorders, identify and interpret clinical manifestations of common diseases, and provide a rationale for underlying treatment. The course serves as a foundation for the clinical reasoning skills used in the practice of primary care. 

Prerequisites: BAS121, BAS117(10/11); Corequisite: CLS223