Approach to System-Focused Advanced Health Assessments
Approach to System-Focused Advanced Health Assessments
What’s Coming Up in Module 3?
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In Module 3, you will examine advanced health assessments using a system focused approach.
Next week, you will specifically explore how to assess the skin, hair, and nails, as well as how to evaluate abnormal skin findings while conducting health assessments. You will also complete your first Lab Assignment: Differential Diagnosis for Skin Conditions as well as complete your DCE: Health History Assessment in the simulation tool, Shadow Health.
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Week 4 Required Media
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Next week, you will need to view several videos and animations in Seidel’s Guide to Physical Examination as well as other media, as required, prior to completing your Lab Assignment. There are several videos in varied lengths. Please plan ahead to ensure you have time to view these media programs to complete your Assignment on time.
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Module 3: Approach to System-Focused Advanced Health Assessments
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What’s Happening in This Module?
Module 3: Approach to System-Focused Advanced Health Assessments is a 7-week module that spans Weeks 4–10. In this module, you explore advanced health assessments using a system-focused approach. Assessments such as skin, hair, and nails as well as head, neck eyes, ears, nose, and throat (HEENT) help you to begin considering abnormalities as you move forward in your assessments. You continue the module by assessing the abdomen and gastrointestinal system and move to other systems—such as heart, lungs, vascular, musculoskeletal, neurologic—before finishing with other special examinations.
| What do I have to do? | When do I have to do it? |
| Review your Learning Resources. | Days 1–7, Weeks 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 |
| DCE: Health History Assessment | Complete and submit your DCE: Health History Assessment by Day 7 of Week 4. |
| Lab Assignment: Differential Diagnosis for Skin Conditions | Submit your Lab Assignment by Day 7 of Week 4. |
| Case Study Assignment: Assessing the Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat | Submit your Case Study Assignment by Day 6 of Week 5. |
| DCE: Focused Exam: Cough | Complete and submit your DCE: Focused Exam: Cough by Day 7 of Week 5. |
| Lab Assignment: Assessing the Abdomen | Submit your Lab Assignment by Day 7 of Week 6. |
| Midterm Exam | Complete by Day 7 of Week 6. |
| DCE: Focused Exam: Chest Pain | Complete and submit your DCE: Focused Exam: Chest Pain by Day 6 of Week 7. |
| Discussion: Assessing Musculoskeletal Pain | Post by Day 3 of Week 8 and respond to your colleagues by Day 6 of Week 8. |
| Case Study Assignment: Assessing Neurological Symptoms | Submit your Case Study Assignment by Day 6 of Week 9. |
| DCE: Comprehensive (Head-to-Toe) Physical Assessment | Complete and submit your DCE: Comprehensive Physical Assessment by Day 7 of Week 9. |
| Lab Assignment: Assessing the Genitalia and Rectum | Submit your Lab Assignment by Day 7 of Week 10. |
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