The FDU PA Program is committed to preparing future socially responsible professionals that possess the academic knowledge, clinical skills, and professional attitudes requisite for providing compassionate patient-centered care in a dynamic healthcare system.  With that in mind, the program developed its mission and goals and designed a curriculum that would provide learning experiences that promote the acquisition of those same skills. The FDU PA Program developed a two-and-a-half-year curriculum leading to a Master of Science (MS) in PA Studies. 

For further information on mission and goals, outcomes, competencies, academics, admissions, technical standards, tuition and fees, policies, procedures, and other curricular components, see fdu.edu/pa.

Curriculum

Didactic Curriculum

Spring 1st Year

  • PHAS6100 Medical Science I- Anatomy, 4 credits
  • PHAS6120 Medical Science II- Physiology, 3 credits
  • PHAS6140 Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics I, 3 credits
  • PHAS6220 Mental Health and Wellness, 2 credits
  • PHAS6400 Role of the PA, 1 credit
  • PHAS6500 Clinical Skills I, 4 credits

Total 17 credits

Summer 1st Year

  • PHAS6130 Medical Sciences III-Pathophysiology and Genetics, 4 credits
  • PHAS6150 Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics II, 3 credits
  • PHAS6300 Family Medicine and Primary Care, 3 credits
  • PHAS6520 Clinical Skills II, 3 credits
  • PHAS6560 Technical Skills I, 3 credits

Total 16 credits

Fall 1st Year

  • PHAS6320 Maternal and Child Medicine, 4 credits
  • PHAS6340 Internal Medicine, 4 credits
  • PHAS6350 Emergency Medicine and Surgical Medicine, 4 credits
  • PHAS6420 Case Studies in Medical Ethics, 1 credit
  • PHAS6530 Clinical Skills III, 3 credits
  • PHAS6570 Technical Skills II, 3 credits
  • PHAS6600 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

  • PHAS7600 Research I: Research Methods, 2 credits
  • PHAS7560 Simulated Interactive Medicine, 5 credits
  • PHAS8810 Health Law and Professional Concepts, 2 credits
  • 2 SCPE 10 credits

Total 19 credits

Summer 2nd Year

  • PHAS6820 Issues of Local and Global Delivery of Public Health and Medical Care, 3 credits
  • PHAS7620 Research II: Study Designs, 2 credits
  • PHAS7710 Clinical Reasoning and Problem Solving I, 2 credits
  • 3 SCPE, 15 credits

Total 22 credits

Fall 2nd Year

  • PHAS7630 Research III: Data Collection and Analysis, 2 credits
  • PHAS7720 Clinical Reasoning & Problem Solving II, 2 credits
  • 3 SCPE, 15 credits

Total 19 credits

Spring 3rd Year

  • PHAS7640 Research IV: Results and Conclusions, 2 credits
  • PHAS8650 Research Project, 5 credits
  • PHAS8710 Clinical Reasoning and Problem Solving III, 2 credits
  • 2 SCPE, 10 credits

Total 19 credits

CORE Supervised Clinical Practice Experience (SCPE)

Program Total:132 credits