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The curriculum for the PA Program is broken into a didactic year and a clinical year:

Didactic Year

The didactic year consists of a series of courses taught using an organ system approach (cardiology, pulmonary, etc.), with pediatrics, infectious disease, emergency medicine, geriatrics, and genetics included across each system. Both lecture and small-group formats are used to deliver the curriculum, highlighted by a problem-based learning approach. The didactic year will also include instruction in evidence-based medicine and pre-clinical year prep and procedures course.

Spring Semester Year 1 January- April

Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PA 5011 Basic Science I            2 Credits
PA 5021 Clinical Medicine I      5 Credits
PA 5031 Clinical Laboratory Medicine I            1 Credit
PA 5041 Pharmacotherapeutics I 3 Credits
PA 5051 Patient Assessment I 3 Credits
PA 5061 The Patient and the PA I       1 Credit
PA 5071 PA Professional Practice 1 Credit
PA 5081 Community Outreach Project I  (Pass/Fail)
Total 16 Credits

Summer Semester Year 1 May- August

Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PA 5012 Basic Science II           2 Credits
PA 5022 Clinical Medicine II     6 Credits
PA 5032 Clinical Laboratory Medicine II 1 Credits
PA 5042 Pharmacotherapeutics II 3 Credits
PA 5052 Patient Assessment II 3 Credits
PA 5062 The Patient and the PA II        1 Credit
PA 5072 Medical Informatics 1 Credits
PA 5082 Community Outreach Project II          (Pass/Fail)
Total 17 Credits

Fall Semester Year 1 September- December

Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PA 5013 Basic Science III          2 Credits
PA 5023 Clinical Medicine III    5 Credits
PA 5221 Inter-Professional Experience 1 Credits
PA 5043 Pharmacotherapeutics III 3 Credits
PA 5052 Patient Assessment III 3 Credits
PA 5063 Intercultural Communications            1 Credits
PA 5093 Clinical Integration 2 Credits
PA 5083 Community Outreach Project III         (Pass/Fail)
Total 17 Credits

Didactic Year Total: 50 credits

Clinical Year

During the clinical year, students will complete a total of 11 rotations. This includes seven core rotations: internal medicine, family practice, psychiatry, pediatrics, general surgery, women’s health and emergency medicine. Each student will also complete four elective rotations in a wide variety of areas — including primary care, surgery and hospitalist medicine — based on their interests. Rotations last approximately four weeks each. All students will complete a master's project during the clinical year

Spring Semester Year 2 January- April

Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PA 5111 Supervised Practice-Family Medicine            4 Credits
PA 5121 Supervised Practice- Internal Medicine 4 Credits
PA 5131 Supervised Practice-Pediatrics 4 Credits
Total 12 Credits

 

Summer Semester Year 2 May-August

Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PA 5141 Supervised Practice-General Surgery             4 Credits
PA 5151 Supervised Practice- Emergency Medicine    4 Credits
PA 5161 Supervised Practice-Behavioral Health 4 Credits
Total 12 Credits

 

Fall Semester Year 2 September- December

Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PA 5171 Supervised Practice-Women’s Health            4 Credits
PA 5181 Supervised Practice-Elective                                    4 Credits
PA 5191 Supervised Practice-Elective 4 Credits
Total 12 Credits

 

Spring Semester Year 3 January – April

Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PA 5211 PA Externship Elective I                      3 Credits
PA 5212 PA Externship Elective II         3 Credits
PA 5231 Summative Course 2 Credits
PA 5241 Capstone Project         1 Credits
Total 9 Credits

Clinical Year Total: 45 credits

 

Didactic Year Total 50 Credits + Clinical Year Total 45 credits = 95 credits Overall Total