Physician Assistant Program

Curriculum

All coursework with the PAST prefix must be taken within the confines of the Physician Assistant Program. No PAST course may be challenged or pre-empted based on clinical or academic experience.

Summer – 6 credits

PAST 301FMS I Population Health
PAST 304FMS I Foundations of Research Methodology
PAST 420Clinical Seminar I
PAST 316ICM I Dermatology
PAST 318ICM I Orthopedics

Fall - 15 credits

PAST 302FMS II Adolescent & Pediatric Medicine I
PAST 305FMS II Adult &Geriatric Medicine I
PAST 306FMS II Clinical Skills I
PAST 307FMS II Pharmacology I
PAST 319ICM I Human Structure, Function & Development
PAST 320ICM I Mechanisms of Disease

Spring – 17 credits

PAST 303FMS III Adolescent & Pediatric Medicine II
PAST 308FMS III Adult & Geriatric Medicine II
PAST 309FMS III Pharmacology II
PAST 310FMS III Clinical Skills II
PAST 421Clinical Seminar II
PAST 317ICM II Neurosciences
PAST 321ICM II CV/Pulmonary/Renal

Summer – 8 credits

PAST 401Clerkship Family Medicine
PAST 406*Clerkship Women’s Health/Prenatal Care
PAST 405*Clerkship Pediatrics
PAST 407*Clerkship Behavioral Medicine/Psychiatry
*choose 1 from these 3

Fall – 17 credits

PAST 311FMS IV Emergency Medicine
PAST 312FMS IV Adolescent & Pediatric Medicine III
PAST 313FMS IV Adult & Geriatric Medicine III
PAST 314FMS IV Pharmacology III
PAST 315FMS IV Clinical Skills III
PAST 418ICM III GI/Nutrition/Metabolism
PAST 419ICM III Human Sexuality & Reproduction
PAST 424ICM III Endocrine

Spring – 16 credits

PAST 403Clerkship Emergency Medicine
PAST 405**Clerkship Pediatrics
PAST 406**Clerkship Women’s Health/Prenatal Care
PAST 407**Clerkship Behavioral Medicine/Psychiatry
PAST 408Clerkship General Internal Medicine
PAST 409Clerkship Elective
**delete clerkship taken in summer
PAST 422Clinical Seminar III

Summer – 10 credits

PAST 404Clerkship Surgery
PAST 402Primary Care Preceptorship
 
Prerequisite Course Hours - 60 Hours

Professional curriculum credits55
Clerkship and preceptorship credits34