PA Program Academics
Curriculum
Didactic Curriculum
Spring 1st Year
- PHAS 6100 Medical Science I- Anatomy, 4 credits
- PHAS 6120 Medical Science II- Physiology, 3 credits
- PHAS 6140 Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics I, 3 credits
- PHAS 6220 Mental Health and Wellness, 2 credits
- PHAS 6400 Role of the PA, 1 credit
- PHAS 6500 Clinical Skills I, 4 credits
Total 17 credits
Summer 1st Year
- PHAS 6130 Medical Sciences III-Pathophysiology and Genetics, 4 credits
- PHAS 6150 Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics II, 3 credits
- PHAS 6300 Family Medicine and Primary Care, 3 credits
- PHAS 6520 Clinical Skills II, 3 credits
- PHAS 6560 Technical Skills I, 3 credits
Total 16 credits
Fall 1st Year
- PHAS 6320 Maternal and Child Medicine, 4 credits
- PHAS 6340 Internal Medicine, 4 credits
- PHAS 6350 Emergency Medicine and Surgical Medicine, 4 credits
- PHAS 6420 Case Studies in Medical Ethics, 1 credit
- PHAS 6530 Clinical Skills III, 3 credits
- PHAS 6570 Technical Skills II, 3 credits
- PHAS 6600 Analysis of Evidence Based Literature, 1 credit
Total 20 credits
Example Clinical Curriculum
This is an example schedule, and each student will be in a different SCPE sequence in the clinical year.
Spring 2nd Year
- PHAS 7600 Research I: Research Methods, 2 credits
- PHAS 7560 Simulated Interactive Medicine, 5 credits
- PHAS 8810 Health Law and Professional Concepts, 2 credits
- 2 SCPE 10 credits
Total 19 credits
Summer 2nd Year
- PHAS 6820 Issues of Local and Global Delivery of Public Health and Medical Care, 3 credits
- PHAS 7620 Research II: Study Designs, 2 credits
- PHAS 7710 Clinical Reasoning and Problem Solving I, 2 credits
- 3 SCPE, 15 credits
Total 22 credits
Fall 2nd Year
- PHAS 7630 Research III: Data Collection and Analysis, 2 credits
- PHAS 7720 Clinical Reasoning & Problem Solving II, 2 credits
- 3 SCPE, 15 credits
Total 19 credits
Spring 3rd Year
- PHAS 7640 Research IV: Results and Conclusions, 2 credits
- PHAS 8650 Research Project, 5 credits
- PHAS 8710 Clinical Reasoning and Problem Solving III, 2 credits
- 2 SCPE, 10 credits
Total 19 credits
CORE Supervised Clinical Practice Experience (SCPE)
- PHAS 7500 SCPE in Behavioral and Mental Health
- PHAS 7510 SCPE in Family Medicine and Primary Care
- PHAS 7540 SCPE in Pediatrics
- PHAS 7550 SCPE in Women’s Health
- PHAS 8500 SCPE in Emergency Medicine
- PHAS 8510 SCPE in Internal Medicine
- PHAS 8520 SCPE in Surgery
- PHAS 8530 SCPE in Urgent Care
- PHAS 8540 Medicine Elective I
- PHAS 8545 Medicine Elective II
Program Total 132 credits