WHNP Practicum II: Expanding Clinical Reasoning
** available as of 06/15/2026
** available as of 06/15/2026
Building upon foundational skills and competencies, this practicum focuses on advancing clinical reasoning and expanding diagnostic and management capabilities of Women's Health primary care and gender related care for patients from puberty across the adult lifespan. Students will refine management of common health conditions and collaborate to begin caring for patients with increasingly complex healthcare needs. Students will continue incorporating health promotion and disease prevention strategies while integrating evidence-based practice.
Outcomes: Justify clinical decision-making in the formulation of differential diagnoses; Implement evidence-based therapeutic plans for primary care conditions, considering patient preferences, socio-economic, and cultural contexts; Order diagnostic tests aligned with patient presentations; Engage in shared decision-making with patients and families to promote health, self-care management, and health literacy; Apply principles of patient care coordination and referral for continuity of care across the healthcare continuum; Screen for risk factors that may affect reproductive, pregnancy, and/or sexual health status and outcomes; Perform an age appropriate, comprehensive gynecologic, sexual, reproductive, and menopausal health history and physical examination.
Outcomes: Justify clinical decision-making in the formulation of differential diagnoses; Implement evidence-based therapeutic plans for primary care conditions, considering patient preferences, socio-economic, and cultural contexts; Order diagnostic tests aligned with patient presentations; Engage in shared decision-making with patients and families to promote health, self-care management, and health literacy; Apply principles of patient care coordination and referral for continuity of care across the healthcare continuum; Screen for risk factors that may affect reproductive, pregnancy, and/or sexual health status and outcomes; Perform an age appropriate, comprehensive gynecologic, sexual, reproductive, and menopausal health history and physical examination.