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  • OTD 650: Capstone Course

    3.00 Credits
    Misericordia University

    This course design engages doctoral students to advance their clinical reasoning and competence in a pre-identified, specialized area of practice. Through participation in this course, students will be able to identify the most relevant issues impacting the role of occupational therapy in their designated specialty area. They will complete readings in relevant literature, engage in communication exchanges with a professional leader in their identified area, and conclude their capstone project with a product reflecting the extent of their learning. Students will be assigned a faculty capstone advisor and participate in mandatory online modules embedded throughout the course to help guide the student during their capstone experience.
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  • PA 526: Introduction to the Profession

    1.00 Credits
    Misericordia University

    This course provides an historical perspective of the physician assistant profession, as well as an investigation of current trends and issues. The course stresses the importance of biomedical ethics and professional responsibilities in relation to the physician assistant's role as a health care provider. Content relating to physician assistant professional organizations, program accreditation, graduate certification and re-certification, employment considerations, and professional liability is included.
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  • PA 527: Health Care Issues I

    2.00 Credits
    Misericordia University

    In this course, physician assistant students will gain a greater appreciation for and comprehension of the socio-behavioral aspects of medical practice. Students learn effective counseling and preventive education strategies for enhancing treatment compliance, promoting positive health patterns, and enhancing positive response to illness.
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  • PA 528: Health Care Issues II

    1.00 Credits
    Misericordia University

    In this course, students build upon concepts in patient care discussed in Physician Assistant 527 Health Care Issues I by learning ethical concepts as they relate to practical decision-making and problem-solving. Students study risk management strategies and the legal definitions of, and their responsibilities toward, informed consent and confidentiality. Students examine health care policy, nationally and locally, as it impacts health care delivery, the practice of medicine as a physician assistant, and the socioeconomic factors pertaining to relevant health care decision making.
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  • PA 530: Clinical Medicine I

    5.00 Credits
    Misericordia University

    This course teaches the pathology of disease by system and specialty. Topics for the course include nutrition, clinical laboratory medicine, ophthalmology and otolaryngology (EENT), dermatology, pulmonary, cardiology (including ECG), and hematology. Also incorporated into these topics are correlated reviews of relevant pathology and radiology.
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  • PA 531: Clinical Medicine II

    6.00 Credits
    Misericordia University

    This course builds on pathology of disease presented in PA 530: Clinical Medicine I and continues with the presentation of the following systems: gastroenterology, neurology, orthopedics/rheumatology, and endocrinology. Disorders are presented by system and specialty, augmented with clinical therapeutics.
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  • PA 532: Clinical Medicine III

    3.00 Credits
    Misericordia University

    In this course, students study the disorders and diseases of the following: psychiatric disorders, genitourinary system (GU), hematology/oncology, infectious disease, preventive medicine, complementary and alternative medicine,. Disorders are presented by system and specialty, augmented with clinical therapies.
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  • PA 538: Patient Assessment I

    4.00 Credits
    Misericordia University

    This course teaches foundational skills and techniques required to gather a complete medical history and perform a thorough physical examination. The course introduces the student to the practice of history taking and physical examinations of the skin, head and neck, eyes, ears, nose, throat, lungs and heart. During the course, integration of the student's knowledge of the structure and function of the human body is coupled with laboratory sessions emphasizing the proper use of diagnostic equipment and techniques for performing a comprehensive physical examination.
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  • PA 539: Patient Assessment II

    4.00 Credits
    Misericordia University

    In this course, students will build on the knowledge and foundational skills and techniques learned in PA 538 Patient Assessment I in the performance of a thorough physical examination and medical history. Students will integrate the knowledge obtained in PA 530 Clinical Medicine I with laboratory sessions emphasizing the proper use of diagnostic equipment and technique for performing a comprehensive physical examination. The course topics will include the musculoskeletal, neurological, male and female systems.
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  • PA 541: Pharmacology I

    2.00 Credits
    Misericordia University

    In this course, students are introduced to pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetic and pharmacotherapeutic principles that provide a foundation for the study of pharmacology and therapeutics. Combined lecture and active learning exercises help students to demonstrate skills that a physician assistant needs to enhance patient care in clinical practice, focusing on the following areas: autonomic pharmacology, pulmonary and cardiac diseases.
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