过程类期间, this first year student checks the landmarks on a skeleton before performing a simulated lumbar puncture

项目课程| M.S. 医师助理研究

The curriculum includes core knowledge about the established and evolving biomedical, 临床预备, behavioral and social sciences; informational literacy; health policy and professional practice; and the application of this knowledge to patient care through supervised clinical practice and practicums. The curriculum is of sufficient breadth and depth to prepare students for clinical practice of medicine and assist students in becoming critical thinkers who can apply the concepts of medical decision-making and problem solving. Building on 威尼斯游戏大厅's health sciences area commitment to provide service to culturally diverse populations, there is emphasis on primary care, cultural competency and Hispanic health care.

Common themes across the curriculum include:

道德探究与实践
专业
科学探究
批判性思维
解决问题
decision-making as incorporated into the clinical practice and clinical research models
the presentation of content across the lifespan
exploration of the effects of gender, culture and cognitive level

第一个 year student performing an ophthalmoscopic exam on fellow student during Patient Assessment course

There is collaborative teaching across courses with planned redundancy of subject matter. Constant reinforcement of content with clinical experiences occurs through observations of and exposure to client/patients in academic courses, service-learning and clinical rotations. The students learn in an interdisciplinary heath care and graduate environment that promotes interdisciplinary clinical practice and lifelong learning. 在第一年, PA students will take an inter-professional practice course, with physical therapy and occupational therapy students, to strengthen their understanding of collaboration, 沟通, 文化能力.

The 威尼斯游戏大厅 Master of Science 医师助理研究 program is a post-baccalaureate program divided into one year of course work with supervised clinical practicums, followed by one year of clinical rotations. The program begins late May/early June and runs full time for two years.

The supervised clinical practicums (Foundations of Cultural Competence and Health Disparities Courses) in the first year provide students with hands-on patient/client experience that allows students to integrate classroom learning with practical and clinical applications while providing service to the community and help students develop clinical skills, and emphasize wellness and prevention across the lifespan.

Students participate in 12 months of full-time clinical rotations in the areas of family practice, 内科医学, 急诊医学, women’s health and prenatal care, 行为医学, pediatrics and general surgery in the second year. An additional four-week elective will be taken in either a medical or surgical subspecialty area. Clinical education experiences occur off campus, 在各种城市, 农村和服务不足的地区. Students are responsible for arranging their own transportation and housing as well as any associated additional costs during the clinical year. An international physician assistant clinical experience during the elective rotation is available to students.

Due to the academic rigor of the master of science in physician assistant studies program, students are highly encouraged not to work during their first year. Students are not allowed to work off campus during the second year except during breaks between clinical rotations. 另外, students are not allowed to work on campus within the physician assistant program at any time during their first or second year.

Curriculum and Course Descriptions

Learn more about the physician assistant studies curriculum and read course descriptions in the 威尼斯游戏大厅目录.

a woman in a hospital bed holding up a cell phone.

第一个 year student performing a cardiac ultrasound on fellow student during Procedures course.

a group of 威尼斯游戏大厅 students practicing in a patient room.

第一个 year students evaluating a simulated patient during Clinical Decision Making course

a woman practicing on a patient mannequin.

第一个 year student intubating simulated patient during Emergency Medicine Course.