Graduate Physician Assistant Courses

Didactic Phase      
       
Course
Number
Course   Credit
Hours
Summer I     16
PAS 5010 Medical Ethics       2
PAS 5020 Research Methods and Designs in Medicine   4
PAS 5030 Introduction to the Profession   2
PAS 5040 Clinical Human Physiology   4
PAS 5070 Applied Anatomy   4
Fall                        17
PAS 5080 Clinical Medicine I   4
PAS 5090 Introduction to Psychiatry   3
PAS 5100 Medical Communications                          2
PAS 5120 Laboratory Medicine                 4
PAS 5180 Physical Assessment   4
Spring   16
PAS 5050 Clinical Procedures 2
PAS 5140 Clinical Medicine II 4
PAS 5150 Clinical Pharmacotherapeutics I 4
PAS 5170 Introduction to Surgery 3
PAS 5300 Medical Spanish 1
PAS 5400 ECG 1
PAS 5410 X-ray 1
Summer                18
PAS 5200 Introduction to Pediatrics   3
PAS 5230 Introduction to Obstetrics and Gynecology     3
PAS 5240 Clinical Medicine III   4
PAS 5250 Introduction to Emergency Medicine   3
PAS 5260 Clinical Practicum   1
PAS 5155 Clinical Pharmocotherapeutics II   4
Clinical Phase*     49
PAS 5280 Research Seminar   1
PAS 6000 Clinical Rotations (block registration)             X
PAS 6010 Primary Care I   6
PAS 6020 Primary Care II   6
PAS 6030 Emergency Medicine   6
PAS 6050 Internal Medicine   6
PAS 6070 Pediatrics   6
PAS 6090 Surgery   6
PAS 6110 Psychiatry   6
PAS 6XXX Elective**   6
*Clinical rotations are six weeks in duration with a minimum of forty hours per week.
**Elective rotations are six weeks in duration and are available in a variety of medical and surgical disciplines.