MS PA Studies
Curriculum Design
Overall Design
Year 3 |
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Advanced Clinical Phase |
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Year 2 |
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Clinical Phase |
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Year 1 |
Didactic Phase |
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Didactic Phase (Year I)
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Summer |
Fall |
Spring |
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Research |
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Medical Research |
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Attitudes |
Professional Attitudes |
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Professional Attitudes |
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Skills |
Clinical Skills I |
Clinical Skills II |
Procedural Skills I |
Clinical Skills III |
Procedural Skills II |
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Knowledge: Clinical Med. |
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FM and Primary Care |
Maternal & Child Med. |
Internal Med. |
Emergency and Surg. Med. |
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Knowledge: Medical Sci. |
MS I: Anatomy |
MS II: Physiology |
MS III: Pathophys. and Genetics |
Pharm & Therapeutics I |
Pharm and Therapeutics II |
Clinical Phases (Years II and III)
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Summer |
Fall |
Spring |
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Year III |
Sim. |
SCPE 1 |
SCPE 2 |
SCPE 3 |
Research |
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Year II |
SCPE 1 |
SCPE 2 |
SCPE 3 |
SCPE 4 |
Research |
SCPE 5 |
SCPE 6 |
SCPE 7 |
Year II
- Behavioral & Mental Health
- Family Medicine and Primary Care
- Internal Medicine
- Medicine & Long Term/Rehabilitative Care
- Pediatrics
- Surgery
- Women’s Health
Year III
- Emergency Medicine
- Urgent Care: Adult or Urgent Care: Pediatrics
- Clerkship I or Clerkship II
- Simulated Interactive Medicine
Course Distribution
Knowledge: Medical Science
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 6100 |
Medical Science I – Anatomy |
4 |
PHAS 6120 |
Medical Science II – Physiology |
3 |
PHAS 6130 |
Medical Science III – Pathophysiology & Genetics |
4 |
PHAS 6140 |
Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics I |
3 |
PHAS 6150 |
Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics II |
3 |
Total 17 credits
Knowledge: Clinical Medicine
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 6300 |
Family Medicine and Primary Care |
3 |
PHAS 6320 |
Maternal & Child Medicine |
4 |
PHAS 6340 |
Internal Medicine |
4 |
PHAS 6350 |
Emergency and Surgical Medicine |
4 |
PHAS 7360 |
Critical Thinking and Medical Decision Making I |
4 |
PHAS 7380 |
Critical Thinking and Medical Decision Making II |
3 |
PHAS 8360 |
Critical Thinking and Medical Decision Making III |
3 |
Total 25 credits
Skills
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 6200 |
Clinical Skills I |
3 |
PHAS 6220 |
Clinical Skills II |
3 |
PHAS 6230 |
Clinical Skills III |
3 |
PHAS 6260 |
Procedural Skills I |
3 |
PHAS 6270 |
Procedural Skills II |
3 |
Total 15 credits
Professional Attitudes
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 6400 |
Public Health & Role of the PA |
2 |
PHAS 6420 |
Health Promotion & Determinants of Health |
2 |
PHAS 7400 |
Implications of Global Health |
3 |
PHAS 7420 |
Medical Spanish |
2 |
PHAS 8400 |
Health Law & Professional Concepts |
2 |
Total 11 credits
Patient Care
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 7500 |
SCPE in Behavioral and Mental Health |
4 |
PHAS 7510 |
SCPE in Family Medicine and Primary Care |
4 |
PHAS 7520 |
SCPE in Internal Medicine |
4 |
PHAS 7530 |
SCPE in Medicine and Long Term/Rehabilitative Care |
4 |
PHAS 7540 |
SCPE in Pediatrics |
4 |
PHAS 7550 |
SCPE in Surgery |
4 |
PHAS 7560 |
SCPE in Women’s Health |
4 |
PHAS 8500 |
SCPE in Emergency Medicine |
4 |
PHAS 8510 |
SCPE in Urgent Care: Adult or |
4 |
PHAS 8515 |
SCPE in Urgent Care: Pediatrics |
4 |
PHAS 8520 |
SCPE in Clerkship I or |
4 |
PHAS 8525 |
SCPE in Clerkship II |
4 |
PHAS 8560 |
Simulated Interactive Medicine |
4 |
Total 44 credits
Research
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 6600 |
Analysis of Evidence Based Literature |
3 |
PHAS 7600 |
Research I: Research Questions & Proposals |
4 |
PHAS 7620 |
Research II: Study Designs |
4 |
PHAS 7630 |
Research III: Data Collection and Analysis |
3 |
PHAS 7640 |
Research IV: Results and Conclusion |
4 |
PHAS 8600 |
Research V: Dissemination and Presentation |
3 |
PHAS 7650 |
Research Project I |
4 |
PHAS 8650 |
Research Project II |
4 |
Total 29 credits
Course Sequencing
Didactic Phase – Summer 1
Knowledge: Medical Science
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 6100 |
Medical Science I – Anatomy |
4 |
PHAS 6120 |
Medical Science II – Physiology |
3 |
Skills
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 6200 |
Clinical Skills I |
3 |
Professional Attitudes
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 6400 |
Public Health and Role of the PA |
2 |
Total 12 credits
Didactic Phase – Fall 1
Knowledge: Medical Science
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 6130 |
Medical Science III – Pathophysiology & Genetics |
4 |
PHAS 6140 |
Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics I |
3 |
Knowledge: Clinical Medicine
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 6300 |
Family Medicine and Primary Care |
3 |
PHAS 6320 |
Maternal and Child Medicine |
4 |
Skills
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 6220 |
Clinical Skills II |
3 |
PHAS 6260 |
Procedural Skills I |
3 |
Total 20 credits
Didactic Phase – Spring 1
Knowledge: Medical Science
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 6150 |
Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics II |
3 |
Knowledge: Clinical Medicine
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 6340 |
Internal Medicine |
4 |
PHAS 6350 |
Emergency and Surgical Medicine |
4 |
Skills
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 6230 |
Clinical Skills III |
3 |
PHAS 6270 |
Procedural Skills II |
3 |
Professional Attitudes
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 6420 |
Health Promotion and Determinants of Health |
2 |
Research
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 6600 |
Analysis of Evidence Based Literature |
3 |
Total 22 credits
Clinical Phase I – Summer 2
Patient Care
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 7500 |
SCPE 1 |
4 |
PHAS 7510 |
SCPE 2 |
4 |
Research
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 7600 |
Research I: Research Questions & Proposals |
4 |
Total 12 credits
Clinical Phase I – Fall 2
Knowledge
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 7360 |
Critical Thinking & Medical Decision Making I |
4 |
Research
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 7620 |
Research II: Study Designs |
4 |
Patient Care
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 7520 |
SCPE 3 |
4 |
PHAS 7530 |
SCPE 4 |
4 |
PHAS 7540 |
SCPE 5 |
4 |
Total 20 credits
Clinical Phase I – Spring 2
Knowledge: Clinical Medicine
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 7380 |
Critical Thinking and Medical Decision Making II |
3 |
Professional Attitudes
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 7400 |
Implications of Global Health |
2 |
PHAS 7420 |
Medical Spanish |
2 |
Patient Care
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 7550 |
SCPE 6 |
4 |
PHAS 7560 |
SCPE 7 |
4 |
Research
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 7650 |
Research Project I |
4 |
PHAS 7630 |
Research III: Data Collection and Analysis |
3 |
Total 22 credits
Clinical Phase II – Summer 3
Patient Care
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 8500 |
SCPE 8 |
4 |
PHAS 8510 |
SCPE 9 |
4 |
Research
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 7640 |
Research IV: Results and Conclusions |
4 |
Total 12 credits
Clinical Phase II – Fall 3
Knowledge: Clinical Medicine
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 8360 |
Critical Thinking and Medical Decision Making III |
3 |
Professional Attitudes
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 8400 |
Health Law and Professional Concepts |
2 |
Patient Care
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 8520 |
SCPE 10 |
4 |
PHAS 8560 |
Simulated Interactive Medicine |
4 |
Research
Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
PHAS 8600 |
Research V: Dissemination and Presentation |
3 |
PHAS 8650 |
Research Project II |
4 |
Total 20 credits