Curriculum

Didactic Phase

Through Fall 2023

Didactic Phase

Effective Spring 2024*

First Year - Spring

PA 507 - Human Anatomy 1 - 3 credits
PA 510 - Physician Assistant Practice 1 - 2 credits 
PA 511 - Evidence-Based PA Practice 1 - 1 credit
PA 512 - Physical Diagnosis - 3 credits
PA 515 - Pathophysiology 1 - 2 credits
PCOL 516 - Pharmacology for PA - 3 credits
PA 517 - Genomic Medicine - 1 credit
PA 518 - Health & Disease Across the Lifespan - 3 credits

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

Total Semester Credits: 18

First Year - Summer

PA 522 - Clinical Procedures 1 - 3 credits
PA 523 - Clinical Medicine & Pharmacotherapeutics 1 - 3 credits
PA 524 - Diagnostic Medicine 1 - 2 credits
PA 527 - Human Anatomy 2 - 3 credits
PA 528 - Principles of Behavioral Health for PA - 1 credit

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

Total Semester Credits: 12

First Year – Fall

PA 530 - Physician Assistant Practice 2 - 1 credit
PA 531 - Evidence-Based PA Practice 2 - 2 credits
PA 533 - Clinical Medicine & Pharmacotherapeutics 2 - 4 credits
PA 534 - Diagnostic Medicine 2 - 3 credits
PA 535 - Pathophysiology 2 - 3 credits
PSIO 743 - Physiology - 5 credits

 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

Total Semester Credits: 18

Second Year - Spring

PA 540 - PA Practice in US Health System - 2 credits
PA 541 - Evidence-Based PA Practice 3 - 1 credit
PA 542 - Clinical Procedures 2 - 2 credits
PA 543 - Clinical Medicine & Pharmacotherapeutics 3 - 4 credits
PA 547 - Neurobiology - 4 credits
PA 549 - Prevention and Community Health for PA - 3 credits
PA 553 - PA Practice in Pediatrics & Geriatrics - 2 credits

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

Total Semester Credits: 18

Clinical Phase

Through Spring 2024

Clinical Phase

Effective Summer 2024

Second Year - Summer

PA 610 Family Medicine PA Practice - 6 credits
PA 620 Internal Medicine PA Practice - 8 credits

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: 14

Total Semester Credits: 15

Second Year - Fall 

PA 630 Pediatric PA Practice - 6 credits
PA 640 Women's Health PA Practice - 5 credits
PA 650 Surgery PA Practice - 6 credits

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: 17

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
PA 685 Rural PA Practice - 4 credits
PA 686 PA Summative Evaluation - 1 credit

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 Semester Credits: 17