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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
This course is presented as a one-week seminar for PA students in May of the senior year. During this week, students will be offered skill workshops and lectures on select medical topics while they prepare for graduation. Students will also be offered lectures on resume preparation and interviewing skills. At this time, students will complete an exit interview with their advisor. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all third-year courses; Corequisite: PA 400
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1.00 Credits
This course provides a historical perspective of the physician assistant profession, as well as content related to current trends and issues. The course will include discussion of the importance of professional responsibility in the health care role, as well as information on professional organizations, graduate certification and re-certification, employment considerations, professional liability and prescriptive authority.
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3.00 Credits
Elective Clinical Rotation I offers an opportunity for physician assistant students to explore subspecialty areas of medicine not covered in the current curriculum, spend more clinical time in primary care, or work with a physician that has been identified as a potential employer.
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3.00 Credits
Elective Clinical Rotation II offers an opportunity for physician assistant students to explore subspecialty areas of medicine not covered in the current curriculum, spend more clinical time in primary care, or work with a physician that has been identified as a potential employer.
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6.00 Credits
Primary Medicine, an eight-week rotation, provides the opportunity to refine the foundation in clinical evaluation and treatment and to establish patient education and community education skills. This will occur in a setting, which provides continuity of patient care and the opportunity to establish an ongoing preceptor/P.A. relationship. Training occurs over an eight-week period at a single clinical site.
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1.00 Credits
Graduate Seminar I offers an opportunity for physician assistant students to receive instruction in professional practice, community service, patient education, medical malpractice legislation, recognizing an impaired medical provider and other issues pertinent to their development as health care professionals. The students will also have an opportunity to participate in clinical enrichment lectures and workshops, focusing on particular issues pertaining to medical management of the critically ill inpatient.
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1.00 Credits
Graduate Seminar II offers an opportunity for physician assistant students to receive instruction in areas of professional practice, to receive additional enrichment in areas of particular clinical interest to the student, and to address other issues pertinent to their development as health care professionals.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an in-depth training of the student to the human nervous system. Topics include embryology, neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, pathology, psychiatry and pharmacology. The accompanying lab will reinforce topics covered in the class, and include review of neurologic, sensory and psychiatric physical exam.
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3.00 Credits
This class will be a study in the conflicts between hosts and microorganisms, the possible outcomes and causative agents. As physician assistants it is becoming increasingly important to know the organisms causing infectious diseases and thereby understand the pathophysiology of the infectious disease state. Organisms to be studied will include bacteria, viruses, fungi, algae, rickettsia and intracellular parasites.
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3.00 Credits
This class will offer insight into the modalities of alternative medicine. Today's health care providers need to be proficient in alternative therapy to Western medicine. Much of the population is looking into the alternative treatment methods available for a variety of medical problems. This course will review in detail the many different options that are available to the patient who is not satisfied with Western modalities or the patient who would like to try a different approach to treatment. The combination of both treatment methods can be very successful in treating medical problems. This course will review the wide array of available modalities. The course will also include lectures from alternative medicine practitioners.
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