This integrative seminar course is designed to synthesize history taking and physical diagnosis skills with the medical, diagnostic and pharmacologic knowledge gained throughout the didactic phase of the PA program in order to apply it to stimulated patients presentations. Working in small groups and individually, students will interact with patient simulators and standardized patients to elicit a history, do an appropriate physical exam, order and/or interpret diagnostic tests, develop treatment plans and perform appropriate interventions.
Clinical Correlations of Public Health Clinical Correlations of Public Health is a lecture and group discussion course that will allow physician assistant students to gain a fundamental understanding of public health,health policy, and its impact on clinical practice. In addition, this course will provide practical approaches for physician assitant sutdents to provide appropriate patient education for patients with modifiable risk factors for disease.
This lecture course uses an organ-system organization to present an overview of the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic evaluation and management of common diseases encountered in primary care. The course includes modules in: epidemiology, infectious disease, cardiology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, endocrinology, nephrology, urology, rheumatology, neurology, dermatology, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology (ENT) and psychiatry. Principles of health promotion and disease prevention are also presented.
This lecture and case study seminar course is designed to introduce students to the principles of pharmacology, including the absorption, bioavailability, distribution, metabolism, excretion, classification and mechanism of action of commonly prescribed medications. Additionally, this course will give students an understanding of how drugs are used in clinical practice, including the clinical indications, contraindications, dosing, side effects and monitoring of commonly used medications.
This lecture and laboratory course encompasses emergent presentations and management of common primary care and emergency-care problems. Laboratory sessions cover procedures necessary for the delivery of emergency medical care. This course also includes limited emergency room patient exposure with written assignments.
Diagnostic Medicine In this lecture and laboratory course, students will perform, order, and interpret commonly used diagnostic and laboratory studies. Topics covered will include radiologic studies, electrocardiograms, microbiology, and blood studies. Corequisite: PAST-611
Clinical Reasoning This small group seminar course uses clinical case studies and role-playing to guide students in the development of directed history and physical examination, clniical reasoning, case presentation and patient counseling skills. Application of evidenced based medicine principles to clinical scenarios will be integral as part of patient management. Finally, various forms of medical documentation will be introduced and practiced.
During this lecture and workshop course, the physician-assistant student is introduced to the basic principles of diagnosis and treatment in the medical disciplines of pediatrics, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology. The female and male reproductive system examination workshop is also a component of this course.
This course will use small-group, case-study, problem-based seminars to demonstrate the practical utilization of medications in the clinical setting. Prescription writing, dosing, titration and ongoing monitoring will be the focus of the course. Prerequisite :PAST-613 PAST-614
Advanced Disgnostic Medicine Seminar This seminar course builds upon the foundation of knowledge in chest x-ray, abdominal x-ray, bone x-ray and ECG interpretation gained in Diagnostic Medicine. Other advanced radiologic studies such as CT scans of the head and MRIs are also reviewed. Students will recognize common disease patterns as seen on these studies.
In this second lecture-based course of a three-semester series, you will continue to learn about many components and aspects that embody the art of the practice of medicine. You will continue to explore the areas of where your work as a PA intersects with ethics, evidence-based medicine, behavioral medicine, and public health, as well as study skills and stress management. This course will also present material on the structure of our healthcare system and those factors that affect health policy.
This is the second of a three-semester lecture, skills, and clinical reasoning laboratory-based course designed to provide students with the communication, humanistic, medical history, physical examination, and clinical reasoning skills needed to practice medicine. This course will expand your skills to include oral presentations, diagnostic workups, suggestions for treatment plans, and patient education.
This second of a three-semester lecture-based course is designed to provide students with the medical and scientific concepts needed to practice medicine to include physiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentations of disease states, diagnostics studies, and treatment approaches.
The physician assistant student will complete nine (5- to 6-week) rotations in the following clinical areas: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, Primary Care 1 & 2, Women's Health, Behavioral Health, Emergency Medicine, Elective rotation. Prerequisite: Complete all other PA didactic course work before registering for clinical rotations
The physician assistant student will complete nine (5- to 6-week) rotations in the following clinical areas: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, Primary Care 1 & 2, Women's Health, Behavioral Health, Emergency Medicine, Elective rotation. Prerequisite: Complete all other PA didactic course work before registering for clinical rotations
The physician assistant student will complete nine (5- to 6-week) rotations in the following clinical areas: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, Primary Care 1 & 2, Women's Health, Behavioral Health, Emergency Medicine, Elective rotation. Prerequisite: Complete all other PA didactic course work before registering for clinical rotations
The physician assistant student will complete nine (5- to 6-week) rotations in the following clinical areas: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, Primary Care 1 & 2, Women's Health, Behavioral Health, Emergency Medicine, Elective rotation. Prerequisite: Complete all other PA didactic course work before registering for clinical rotations
The physician assistant student will complete nine (5- to 6-week) rotations in the following clinical areas: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, Primary Care 1 & 2, Women's Health, Behavioral Health, Emergency Medicine, Elective rotation. Prerequisite: Complete all other PA didactic course work before registering for clinical rotations
The physician assistant student will complete nine (5- to 6-week) rotations in the following clinical areas: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, Primary Care 1 & 2, Women's Health, Behavioral Health, Emergency Medicine, Elective rotation. Prerequisite: Complete all other PA didactic course work before registering for clinical rotations
The physician assistant student will complete nine (5- to 6-week) rotations in the following clinical areas: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, Primary Care 1 & 2, Women's Health, Behavioral Health, Emergency Medicine, Elective rotation. Prerequisite: Complete all other PA didactic course work before registering for clinical rotations
The physician assistant student will complete nine (5- to 6-week) rotations in the following clinical areas: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, Primary Care 1 & 2, Women's Health, Behavioral Health, Emergency Medicine, Elective rotation. Prerequisite: Complete all other PA didactic course work before registering for clinical rotations
This lecture and laboratory based course is designed as a transitional course to provide the students with the needed skills to effectively navigate their learning and the clinical setting. The laboratory portion of this course will teach commonly utilized clinical procedures and skills which students will be performing while on rotations.
This lecture and laboratory based course is designed as a transitional course to provide the students with the needed skills to effectively navigate their learning and the clinical setting. The laboratory portion of this course will teach commonly utilized clinical procedures and skills which students will be performing while on rotations.
The physician assistant student will complete nine (5- to 6-week) rotations in the following clinical areas: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, Primary Care 1 & 2, Women's Health, Behavioral Health, Emergency Medicine, Elective rotation. Prerequisite: Complete all other PA didactic course work before registering for clinical rotations
The physician assistant student will complete nine (5- to 6-week) rotations in the following clinical areas: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, Primary Care 1 & 2, Women's Health, Behavioral Health, Emergency Medicine, Elective rotation. Prerequisite: Complete all other PA didactic course work before registering for clinical rotations
This course, which takes place throughout the entire clinical year, is the capstone experience of the PA program. It consists of multiple components to assess the students’ progression and knowledge base throughout the clinical year. It consists of two components. The first is an independent project which will be developed with, and supervised by, a faculty advisor to include an extensive literature review, integration of knowledge acquired throughout the curriculum, a written assignment and an oral presentation. The course also includes a multi-faceted summative evaluation/assessment procedure consisting of: a comprehensive written examination that encompasses topics drawn from the entire PA program curriculum; a series of Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) using standardized patients where students must demonstrate the ability to elicit a medical history, perform a physical examination, order appropriate diagnostic studies, formulate a diagnosis, develop a management plan, render patient education and document the findings, all as appropriate to the clinical cases presented. Students must successfully pass the independent project and the multi-faceted evaluation procedure in order to complete the requirements for this course and the master's degree. Prerequisite :Complete all PA professional didactic courses before registering for PAST-772