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The
Physical Assessment Institute in Patient Care Management
July 17 - 20, 2008
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Program Goal: |
To
develop an educational offering that provides participants
with functional knowledge and skills in the area of physical
assessment.
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| Program
Objectives: |
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completion of this thirty-two hour program, participants will
be able to:
Identify
the benefits of physical assessment skills for pharmacists; Perform
a medical history; Perform a general assessment of a patient; Perform
a mental status examination;Perform vital signs on a patient; Perform
an examination of the integument; Perform an ear examination utilizing the otoscope;
Perform an eye examination utilizing the ophthalmoscope; Perform
head, nose and throat examinations; Perform a neck examination; Perform
an examination of the thorax and lungs; Perform a cardiac examination;
Perform an abdominal examination; Perform a vascular examination; Perform
an neurological examination; Perform a musculoskeletal examination; Properly
record physical examination findings and interpret the physical
assessments of other clinicians; Network and collaborate with clinicians with similar interests in
patient care management.
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| Who
Should Attend |
As
pharmacists continue to gain prescribing protocol authority
within their state pharmacy practice acts and/or their health
care systems, they find themselves lacking the basic skills
and knowledge that will help them advance professionally.
To heighten their acceptance by patients, health care team
workers, managed care administrators, and the marketplace,
pharmacists must be both skilled and knowledgeable in the
area of physical assessment. Nova Southeastern University
College of Pharmacy's Center of Excellence in Patient Care
Management was created to meet the educational demands of
practicing pharmacists.
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| What
Pharmacists Want |
Through
needs assessment inquiries, pharmacists repeatedly have
requested programs that would enhance the skills and knowledge
in fundamental areas that would have an immediate impact
upon the way they practice pharmacy. Pharmacists want these
courses to be university based, of the highest quality,
reasonably priced, and offered over a reasonable period
of time.
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| Interactivity |
Students
can expect to spend equal time in lecture and lab. Clinical
interview and physical examination techniques will be explained
and demonstrated before students practice these techniques
upon one another. Charting, interpretation of finding, and
evaluation of common clinical entities will be integrated
into these activities.
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| Requirements |
To
receive a certificate in Physical Assessment in Patient Care
Management, students must successfully complete competency-based
outcome exams and physical assessment simulation and technique
lab exams in the following areas:
Clinical Interview,
Medial History,
Physical Exam,
Overview, Mental Status,
Integumen Eye & EarMouth,
Nose & SinusesHead,
Face & Neck, Chest & Lungs,
Blood Vessels, Heart & Abdomen,
Musculoskeletal System, Nervous System.
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Faculty |
| Designed
by pharmacists for pharmacists, this course is coordinated by
Dr. Elisa Ginter and Dr. Joel Spalter, physicians, who are both educators and practitioners. They will be assisted
in lab by practicing clinical pharmacists who share the use
of these skills in their daily practice. |
| Conference
Site |
| Instruction
takes place in the Health Professions Division facility
at Nova Southeastern University, which features state-of- the
art classrooms and equipment including "Harvey," a
cardiac simulator that mimics the sounds and symptoms of normal
and abnormal heart conditions. |
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Hotel |
| Several hotels have contracts with NSU. Please go to our website:pharmacy.nova.edu Live CE programs, select the Physical Assessment Program, then Hotel Accommodations. Rates can be extended. |
| Fee
Structure |
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fee for the Institutes is $595 per participant. This includes
all academic fees (tuition, book, handouts, and certificate)
plus some meals. Organizations may enroll two participants for
$1,000. |
| Registration |
The Registration form is available at the NSU continuing education website: pharmacy.nova.edu then select live CE Programs, select the July 17-20 Physical Assessment Program, then "to register." If you prefer to pay by check, make payable to NSU Pharmacy and mail to: NSU Pharmacy CE, 3200 South University Drive, FT. Lauderdale, FL 33328
Registration Fee Deadline is July 1st, 2008. Refund of Registration fee before July 1st, 2008 will be at no charge, ten dollar fee after July 1st.
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| Additional Information: |
For any questions please e-mail: Carsten Evans at carsten@.nova.edu.
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