Advanced Primary Health Care

This advanced course is for health workers who already have primary health care training and provides clinical tools for the medical practitioner in the area of diagnosis and management of medical problems. Topics include: principles of patient care such as practical, systematic instruction in the signs, symptoms and treatment of common medical problems; patient assessment; pharmacology, including a survey of drug classifications, uses, dosages, and side effects; nutritional rehabilitation; and advanced clinical skills, such as clinical procedures in suturing, pediatric intravenous therapy, nasogastric bleeding, oral hygiene, emergency dentistry, and minor surgery.