Curriculum
Curriculum/Plan of Study
Didactic Phase
First year Spring
- PA 507 Human Anatomy 1 - 3 credits
- PA 510 Physician Assistant Practice 1 - 1 credit
- PA 512 Physical Diagnosis - 3 credits
- PSIO 516 Medical Physiology for PA - 4 credits
- PCOL 516 Pharmacology for PA - 3 credits
- PA 518 Health & Disease Across the Lifespan - 3 credits
- PA 528 Principles of Behavioral Health for PA - 1 credit
Total Semester Credits: 18
First Year - Summer
- PA 522 Clinical Procedures 1 - 3 credits
- PA 523 Clinical Medicine & Pharmacotherapeutics 1 - 4 credits
(Dermatology, Orthopedics, and Psychiatry) - PA 524 Diagnostic Medicine 1 - 2 credits
- PA 527 Human Anatomy 2 - 3 credits
Total Semester Credits: 12
First Year – Fall
- PA 511 Evidence-Based PA Practice 1 - 2 credits
- PA 533 Clinical Medicine & Pharmacotherapeutics 2 - 4 credits
(Cardiology and Renal) - PA 543 Clinical Medicine & Pharmacotherapeutics 3 - 4 credits
(Pulmonary and GI) - PA 534 Diagnostic Medicine 2 - 2 credits
- PA 536 Clinical Reasoning for PA - 1 credit
- PA 537 Acute Care Medicine - 1 credit
- PA 538 Obstetrics and Gynecology and Surgery - 2 credits
- PA 553 PA Practice in Pediatrics & Geriatrics - 2 credits
Total Semester Credits: 18
Second Year - Spring
- PA 531 Evidence-Based PA Practice 2 - 2 credits
- PA 542 Clinical Procedures 2 - 2 credits
- PA 544 Clinical Medicine & Pharmacotherapeutics 4 - 4 credits
(Neurologic and Endocrine) - PA 545 Clinical Medicine & Pharmacotherapeutics 5 - 4 credits
(ID, Hematology/Oncology, and EENT) - PA 546 Rural Medicine - 1 credit
- PA 547 Neurobiology - 4 credits
- PA 517 Genomic Medicine - 1 credit
Total Semester Credits: 18
Clinical Phase
Second Year - Summer
- PA 610 Family Medicine PA Practice - 4 credits
- PA 620 Internal Medicine PA Practice - 8 credits
- PA 681 Elective PA Practice 2 - 3 credits
Total Semester Credits: 15
Second Year - Fall
- PA 630 Pediatric PA Practice - 4 credits
- PA 640 Women's Health PA Practice - 4 credits
- PA 650 Surgery PA Practice - 4 credits
- PA 685 Rural PA Practice - 4 credits
Total Semester Credits: 16
Third Year - Spring
- PA 660 Behavioral Medicine PA Practice - 4 credits
- PA 670 Emergency Medicine PA Practice - 4 credits
- PA 680 Elective PA Practice - 4 credits
- OR - PA 682 Rural PA Practice 2 - 4 credits - PA 625 Cardiology PA Practice - 4 credits
- PA 686 PA Summative Evaluation - 1 credit
Total Semester Credits: 17
Total Didactic Credit Hours: 66
Total Clinical Credit Hours: 48
Program Total Credit Hours: 114