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Physician Assistant Program

Sample Course Schedule

The credit unit is equal to one semester hour. Course schedule is subject to change each academic year.


First Year
Number Course Title Lecture
Hours		 Lab
Hours		 CPS Hours Clinic
Hours 		Semester
Credits
Fall Semester
PA 510 FAB Gross Anatomy 30 32.5     3.00
PA 520 FAA Physiology and Pathophysiology 1 36.5       2.00
PA 530 FAA Clinical Medicine 1 46.5       2.50
PA 540 FAB Pharmacology and Clinical Therapeutics 1 22.5       1.50
PA 550 FAA Medical Microbiology 8       0.50
PA 560 FAA Clinical Assessment 1 34 42     3.50
PA 570 FAB Behavioral Science 1 33       2.00
PA 580 FAA Evidence-Based Medicine 20       1.00
PA 590 FAA Management and Administration of Healthcare Systems 11       1.00
    241.5 74.5 0 0 17.00
Spring Semester
PA 521 SAB Physiology and Pathophysiology 2 36.5       2.00
PA 531 SAB Clinical Medicine 2 64       3.50
PA 541 SAA Pharmacology and Clinical Therapeutics 2 33.5       2.00
PA 561 SAB Clinical Assessment 2 17 8     1.00
PA 565 SAA Advanced Clinical Skills 1 29 19.5     2.50
PA 591 SAB The PA in the Healthcare System 24.5       1.50
PA 582 SAB Clinical Problem Solving 1   34   112 3.50
    204.5 61.5 0 112 16.00
             
First Year Totals 446.00 136.00 0.00 112.00 33.00

Second Year
Number Course Title Lecture
Hours		 Lab
Hours		 CPS Hours Clinic
Hours 		Semester
Credits
Summer Term
PA 522 RAA Physiology and Pathophysiology 3 25.5       1.50
PA 532 RAA Clinical Medicine 3 43       2.50
PA 535 RAA Emergency Medicine 15       1.00
PA 536 RAA Surgery 11 4     0.50
PA 537 RAA Pediatrics 19 2     1.00
PA 542 RAB Pharmacology and Clinical Therapeutics 3 34       2.00
PA 566 RAA Advanced Clinical Skills 2 5.5 17     1.00
PA 571 RAA Behavioral Science 2 16.5       1.00
PA 583 RAB Clinical Problem Solving 2   9   64 1.50
    169.5 32 0 64 12.00
Fall Semester
PA 601 VAA Rotation 1       200 4.50
PA 602 VAA Rotation 2       200 4.50
PA 603 VAA Rotation 3       200 4.50
PA 604 VAA Rotation 4       200 4.50
PA 690 FAA Legal and Ethical Aspects of Medicine 10       0.50
    10 0 0 800 18.50
Spring Semester
PA 605 VAA Rotation 5       200 4.50
PA 606 VAA Rotation 6       200 4.50
PA 607 VAA Rotation 7       200 4.50
PA 608 VAA Rotation 8       200 4.50
PA 691 SAA Transition to Practice 10       0.50
PA 692 SAA Castone Project 1 10       0.50
    20 0 0 800 19.00
             
Second Year Totals 199.50 32.00 0.00 1664.00 49.50

Third Year
Number Course Title Lecture
Hours		 Lab
Hours		 CPS Hours Clinic
Hours 		Semester
Credits
Summer Term
PA 609 VAA Rotation 9       200 4.50
PA 610 VAA Rotation 10       200 4.50
PA 693 RAA Senior Seminar 20       1.00
PA 694 RAA Castone Project 2 10       0.50
    30 0 0 400 10.50
             
Third Year Totals 30.00 0.00 0.00 400.00 10.50
             
Core Program Totals 675.5 168 0 2176 93.00

 


Rotations
Descriptions: Family Medicine / Primary Care
  Emergency Medicine
  General Surgery
  Internal Medicine
  Prenatal Care / Women's Health
  Pediatrics
  Geriatrics
  Floating Block
  Elective Rotation 1
  Elective Rotation 2

 

updated 09/29/2009


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