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Curriculum

The Master of Physician Assistant Studies program is 30 months long and consists of 15 months of didactic (classroom) work and 12 months of clinical rotations.

In the Didactic phase, there are four sessions that are each 15 weeks long. Between each session is a two week break.

SESSION 1
PA 657 Human Science
PA 690 PA Roles
PA 683 Intro to Epidemiology
PA 682 US Healthcare Systems
PA 693 A Case Approach to Ethics and Jurispridence

SESSION 2
PA 655 Pharmacology
PA 656 Immunology/Microbiology
PA 670 Diagnostic Modalities
PA 671 Clinical Medicine I
PA 672 Physical Diagnosis I
PA 691 Cultural Competency

SESSION 3
PA 677 Infectious Disease
PA 673 Clinical Medicine II
PA 674 Physical Diagnosis II
PA 685 Biostatistics and Research Methodology
PA 681 Mental Health and Human Sexuality

SESSION 4
PA 678 Emergency Medicine
PA 679 Surgery
PA 675 Clinical Medicine III
PA 676 Physical Diagnosis III
PA 680 Clinical Interviewing and Counseling
PA 654 Clinical Genetics

The Clinical phase consists of 52 weeks of rotations without a break. There are seven required and two elective rotations. The rotations are not necessarily experienced in the order as listed here, however, the elective rotations are always at the end of the year.

PA 701 Adult Medicine
PA 702 Family Medicine
PA 703 Emergency Medicine
PA 704 OB/GYN
PA 705 Pediatrics
PA 706 Surgery
PA 707 Elective
PA 708 Elective
PA 709 Community Medicine

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