Primary Care of Families Across the Lifespan

This course focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, management and evaluation of complex health problems in individuals and families across the lifespan in primary care settings. Students apply critical thinking skills and evidence-based clinical decision-making competencies to formulate comprehensive differential diagnoses and develop management plans with outcome criteria for clients and their families. Students combine the advanced practice roles of clinician, educator, advocate, and leader to design and evaluate therapeutic interventions that utilize a variety of treatment modalities. Individual, family and community health needs areaddressed utilizing a population focused framework.