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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Zero undergraduate units or zero graduate credits. This course is a six-week, supervised clinical experience dedicated to a specifi c area or discipline of clinical medicine. Clinical interactions take place in the outpatient ambulatory, inpatient hospital, long-term care and emergency room settings. Rotations are intensive, supervised, hands-on learning experiences in the various medical and surgical areas; they emphasize the provision of diagnostic, therapeutic, preventive, and health maintenance services. Each clinical rotation is dedicated to one of the following: general medicine and long-term care, emergency medicine, primary care I, primary care II, pediatrics (general pediatrics, neonatal intensive care), women's health (obstetrics, gynecology, adolescent medicine), and surgery (general surgery, surgical subspecialties). Offered only to physician assistant majors during the third professional year.
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3.00 Credits
One undergraduate unit or four graduate credits. This course is a six-week, supervised clinical experience dedicated to a specifi c area or discipline of clinical medicine. Clinical interactions take place in the outpatient ambulatory, inpatient hospital, long-term care and emergency room settings. Rotations are intensive, supervised, hands-on learning experiences in the various medical and surgical areas; they emphasize the provision of diagnostic, therapeutic, preventive, and health maintenance services. Each clinical rotation is dedicated to one of the following: general medicine and long-term care, emergency medicine, primary care I, primary care II, pediatrics (general pediatrics, neonatal intensive care), women's health (obstetrics, gynecology, adolescent medicine), and surgery (general surgery, surgical subspecialties). Offered only to physician assistant majors during the third professional year.
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3.00 Credits
Four graduate credits. The purpose of this course is to review and expand upon the physician assistant's knowledge of disease pathology and therapeutic intervention. The emphasis is on critical thinking and its applicability to the identifi cation of the pathogenesis of disease processes and the development of algorithms, fl ow charts, and decision trees. Through critical analysis, the student develops appropriate management plans, based on the needs of specifi c individuals and communities. Offered only to physician assistant majors during the third professional year. This course may be replaced by MI 612 or NR 615; not open to students who have completed MI 612 or NR 615.
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3.00 Credits
Six graduate credits. The focus of this course is to precept physician assistant students in their transition towards becoming advanced mid-level providers of health care. Each student identifi es a component or area of health care interest that impacts the community and affords a broad exposure of clinical experiences. Through clinical involvement, the student learns to discern specifi c health needs and is guided and advised through the development of a community health project refl ective of the assessed needs. Offered only to physician assistant majors during the third professional year.
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3.00 Credits
Six graduate credits. The focus of this clerkship is to precept physician assistant students through the acquisition of advanced skills for clinical practice in primary care or a specialty area of interest. The student is provided with an opportunity for an in-depth analysis of clinical practice in his/her specifi c area of interest. Skills development focuses on the areas identifi ed during the pre-clerkship advisement session. The student learns through the development of a clinical project refl ective of the unique characteristics of the clerkship. Offered only to physician assistant majors during the third professional year.
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3.00 Credits
Four graduate credits. This course introduces the student to the schools of thought of management theorists and practitioners in health care. Evaluations of various theories are based on case studies and discussions of readings from periodicals, research reports, and books. Offered only to physician assistant majors during the third professional year. This course may be replaced by MG 614 or MGE 614; not open to students who have completed MG 614 or MGE 614.
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3.00 Credits
Four graduate credits. The purpose of this course is to establish the groundwork for a research thesis. The student is provided the opportunity to construct a research project beginning with the framing of the research problem and hypothesis, and progressing to design selection and data analysis. The course offers students the knowledge and skills needed for instrument design and development. Seminar sessions are dedicated to the scoring and interpretation of the data from the individual measurement tools. All proposals require the hospital's Internal Review Board approval prior to implementation. Offered only to physician assistant students during the third professional year.
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3.00 Credits
Four graduate credits. The focus of this course is the implementation of the research design proposed in Physician Assistant 790. The parameters of the scientifi c process are utilized to investigate health-related research problems. Each student is guided through his/her individual research project. Seminar and individual conferences are dedicated to the analysis and evaluation of data. The thesis is developed and is presented for oral defense during the research forum. Offered only to physician assistant students during the third professional year.
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1.00 Credits
One unit. A course designed to improve one's ability to think clearly and critically by developing such skills as detecting and eliminating ambiguity and vagueness, determining validity of reasoning, formulating and confi rming generalizations and hypotheses, and using analogies. Offered as required.
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1.00 Credits
One unit. A study and discussion of selected, contemporary moral issues such as capital punishment, sexual morality, pornography and censorship, discrimination, etc. Offered fall semester.
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