PAST 519 - Patient Assessment III: Clinical Decision Making (2)

This is the first course in a two-part series designed to introduce the student to the technical skills and knowledge required to perform in the operating room and also perform various medical procedures. The course will consist of lectures and practical/technical laboratories, and will lay the foundation for the subsequent course. This course begins by teaching the students surgical instrumentation and its uses within the operating room. Emphasis is placed on learning surgical technique including first assisting, scrubbing, suturing, and wound care. Students will learn this in a live vivisection pig lag performing advanced surgical procedures with faculty instruction. Offered: Summer.