The following curriculum is subject to change. Technology is used extensively to improve instruction, to develop faculty, student, and staff technological self-efficacy, to manage evaluation data, and to facilitate the administration of the program.
Degree Plan/Curriculum
First Year
-
530A The Physician Assistant Role in Modern Health Care 1 585 Physiology 4 580 Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 3 590P Gross Anatomy with Lab 6 605C Physical Diagnosis I 3 621A Clinical Pharmacology I 1 -
510 Human Genetics 1 535 Human Behavior and Psychiatry 3 602 Medical Pathophysiology I 7 605D Physical Diagnosis II 3 621B Clinical Pharmacology II 2 649P General Radiology 3 701 Women's Health/Pediatrics/Geriatrics 3 -
552 Medical Spanish 3 573 Research in Community Health 4 603 Medical Pathophysiology II 4 640P Surgical Principles 2 705B Emergency Medicine 2 605E Physical Diagnosis III 2 621C Clinical Pharmacology III 2
There will be eight six-week rotations. Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine/Geriatrics, Prenatal Care and Women's Health, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Surgery, and an Elective rotation. Following each rotation there will be End of Rotation Exercises.
Second Year
-
727 Clinical Orientation (PA) 1 740A PA Rotation 1 6 741A PA Rotation 2 6 742A PA Rotation 3 6 743A PA Rotation 4 6 744A PA Rotation 5 6 745A PA Rotation 6 6 746A PA Rotation 7 6 747A PA Rotation 8 6
Third Year
-
553P Biomedical Ethics/Health Care Delivery 2 530B Transition to PA Clinical Practice 1 806P Library Research Paper 7 638 Thanatology 1 690 Clinical Therapeutics 2 695 Primary Care Review Course 3