PAM - Physician Assistant Medicine
A course designed to provide knowledge of the structure, form and function of the human body through a body system approach. Clinically relevant medical terminology, areas of radiographic imaging, surface anatomy, and clinical case correlations are integrated into the course. The student, through utilization of state of the art virtual dissection, will achieve visual-spatial realization of human structure and function. Students will acquire anatomic and physiologic knowledge with clinical application through lecture and small group work.
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program
A course designed to allow students to obtain competency in the visual-spatial (3D) realization of the human body’s structure and function. Through dissection, the student will develop the kinesthetic skills necessary to competently perform medical procedures. The course will include knowledge regarding compassion, respect and medical professionalism through the interactions with the medical team and human cadaver. Clinically relevant medical terminology, areas of radiographic imaging, surface anatomy, and clinical case correlations are integrated into the course. Students will acquire anatomic knowledge with clinical application through cadaveric laboratory experience to include human, synthetic and/or virtual dissection.
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program
A course designed to provide a foundation in science as applied to clinical medicine. This course will cover the following topics: embryology, the genetic and molecular mechanisms of health and disease, the inflammatory process, and microbiology as applied to disease states. Team based learning modules highlight clinical correlations and the importance of understanding illness and disease at the molecular level. Instruction will include lecture as well as small group exercises and/or problem/case based learning.
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program
Applied Anatomy with Cadaver Laboratory provides physician assistant students with foundational anatomic knowledge and hands-on cadaver-based learning aligned with clinical application. Students develop competency in anatomic terminology, regional anatomy, surface anatomy, imaging orientation, and clinically relevant relationships across body systems. Learning is reinforced through cadaver laboratory sessions, case-based application, and structured review. Assessment includes multiple written examinations and a cadaver practical examination. This course is restricted to students enrolled in the UTampa Physician Assistant Medicine (PAM) program and supports readiness for subsequent didactic and clinical coursework.
Credit Hours: 5
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program.
Applied Physiology and Pathophysiology integrates foundational physiology with mechanisms of disease to support clinical reasoning in physician assistant education. Students examine cellular homeostasis, regulatory feedback, and organ system function while linking physiologic disruption to common pathophysiologic patterns. Content includes genetics and development foundations, inflammation and host defense principles, and system-based physiology and pathophysiology across cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, endocrine, neurologic, gastrointestinal, hepatic, and hematologic systems. Learning is reinforced through case-based application, cumulative assessment, and problem-solving activities. Enrollment is restricted to students in the UTampa Physician Assistant Medicine (PAM) program.
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program.
A course designed to provide the knowledge necessary to obtain and complete the medical history and physical examination through the utilization of therapeutic communication, medical equipment, accurate medical terminology and proper examination techniques. The course will provide instruction on the application of appropriate history and physical examination techniques for adults during an annual well exam. Students will be introduced to other visit types such as emergent, acute and chronic visits. Organizational skills for oral and written presentation of findings will be included. The course will be delivered in lecture and small group format.
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program
A course designed to provide training on the skills and competencies necessary to obtain and complete the medical history and physical examination. The course will provide students the opportunity to practice H&P skills, obtain and demonstrate competency in a simulated environment. Students are assessed on the application of history and physical examination techniques for adults during an annual well exam. Students will be introduced to other visit types such as emergent, acute and chronic visits. Organizational skills for oral and written presentation of findings will be practiced and assessed. The course will be delivered in a laboratory format.
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program
The first in a series of courses designed to aid the student’s transition into the medical profession and serves as an introduction to multiple professional practice issues. Topics covered in this course include history of profession, academic honesty, medical professionalism, medical ethics and medical documentation. Instruction will include lecture as well as small group exercises and/or problem-case based learning.
Credit Hours: 1
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program
The second in a series of courses designed to aid the student’s transition into the medical profession and serves as an introduction to multiple professional practice issues. Topics covered in this course include effective interpersonal communication, medical Spanish, basic counseling and patient education. Instruction will include lecture as well as small group exercises and problem or case based learning.
Credit Hours: 1
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program.
PAM 620.
The third in a series of courses designed to aid the student’s transition into the medical profession and serves as an introduction to multiple professional practice issues. This course will guide the student in developing problem solving skills to apply to the medical decision making process. The course will include instruction to prepare students to search, interpret and evaluate medical literature to include its application to individualized patient care. Instruction will include lecture as well as small group exercises and/or problem or case based learning.
Credit Hours: 1
Corequisites
Admission to PA Program.
PAM 621
The fourth in a series of courses designed to aid the student’s transition into the medical profession and serves as an introduction to multiple professional practice issues. Topics covered in this course include the statutes that govern PA practice, current healthcare laws, safety and quality improvement in health care, the effects of health policy on PA practice, and regulations applied to medical practice. Instruction will include lecture as well as small group exercises and problem/case based learning.
Credit Hours: 1
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program.
PAM 622
The fifth in a series of courses designed to aid the student’s transition into the medical profession and serves as an introduction to multiple professional practice issues. Topics covered include health insurance, transitions of care, health care systems, pay for performance, patient centered medical home and chronic care. Instruction will include lecture as well as self-directed studies and/or small group exercises.
Credit Hours: 1
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program.
PAM 623
The sixth in a series of courses designed to aid the student’s transition into the medical profession and serves as an introduction to multiple professional practice issues. Topics covered in this course include personal and professional growth, participation in professional organizations, lifelong learning strategies, participation in the legislative process, and interprofessional team principles. Instruction will include lecture as well as self-directed studies and/or small group exercises.
Credit Hours: 1
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program
Introduces the physician assistant profession and the professional responsibilities required for entry-level clinical practice. Emphasizes the history and development of the PA profession, PA roles on collaborative healthcare teams, PA practice models, professional identity formation, and expectations for professional conduct. Students examine legal and regulatory frameworks governing PA practice, ethical decision-making, professional communication, and standards of behavior within academic and clinical environments. The course also addresses contemporary issues affecting PA practice, including healthcare systems and team-based care, and prepares students to engage as responsible members of the profession.
Credit Hours: 2
Interpreting the Medical Literature and Evidence-Based Medicine prepares physician assistant students to locate, interpret, and apply clinical research to patient care decisions. Students develop skills in formulating foreground questions using PICO(T), searching the medical literature, understanding study designs and sampling, interpreting key biostatistical measures, and critically appraising evidence for diagnosis and screening, therapy, harm, and prognosis. Learning is assessed through examinations, team-based quizzes, structured appraisal worksheets using assigned articles, and an individual capstone evidence application activity.
Credit Hours: 2
Clinical Medicine I develops problem-solving skills for medical decision-making using a body system approach. Content includes epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, management, and patient education for common primary care conditions across the lifespan and care settings. Instruction includes lecture, case-based learning, and small group activities. Systems include Infectious Diseases-->Dermatology-->HEENT-->Rheumatology-->Orthopedics,-->Hematology/Oncology-->Pulmonology. This course serves as the anchor for concurrent PAM didactic instruction, aligning system content across courses within the term.
Credit Hours: 6
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program
A course designed to guide the development of problem solving skills to apply in the medical decision making process. It will include an examination of diseases/disorders using a body system approach. Medical knowledge includes the epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, management, and patient education of diseases. Emphasis will be on disease processes/disorders common to primary care practices. Instruction includes the provision of care in preventive, emergent, acute, chronic, adolescent, adult and elderly populations as it applies to disease processes. Instruction will include lecture, problem/case based learning and/or small group work (systems include Hematology/Oncology, Pulmonology, and EENT/Oral Health).
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program.
PAM 630
Clinical Medicine II develops medical decision-making skills using a body system approach. Medical knowledge includes epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, management, and patient education for conditions common to primary care. Instruction includes lecture, case-based learning, and small group activities across the lifespan and care settings. Systems include Cardiovascular, Genitourinary (mens Health), Nephrology, Endocrinology. This course serves as the anchor for concurrent PAM didactic instruction, aligning system content across courses within the term.
Credit Hours: 6
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program.
PAM 630
Clinical Medicine III develops medical decision-making skills through a body-systems approach. Medical knowledge includes epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, management, and patient education for conditions common to primary care. Instruction includes lecture, case-based learning, and small group activities across care settings and patient populations. Systems include Gastrointestinal Medicine --> and Neurology --> Obstetrics and Gynecology --> Psychiatry/Behavioral Medicine, with integration activities to reinforce system-based diagnosis and management. This course serves as the anchor for concurrent PAM didactic instruction, aligning system content across courses within the term.
Credit Hours: 6
A course designed to guide the development of problem solving skills to apply in the medical decision making process. It will include an examination of diseases/disorders using a body system approach. Medical knowledge includes the epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, management, and patient education of diseases/disorders. Emphasis will be on disease processes common to primary care practices. Instruction includes the provision of care in preventive, emergent, acute, chronic, adolescent, adult and elderly populations. Instruction will include lecture, problem/case based learning and/or small group work (systems include Obstetrics and Gynecology and Psychiatry).
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program.
PAM 633.
A course designed to guide the student in developing problem solving skills to apply in the medical decision making process in making therapeutic treatment decisions to include both prescription and over the counter medications. Both the pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics of drug classes are covered as well as safe, ethical, therapeutic and legal prescribing practices. This course will follow the same body system approach as the clinical medicine course modules. Instruction will include lecture, problem/case based learning and/or small group work.
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program
A course designed to guide the student in developing problem solving skills to apply in the medical decision making process in making therapeutic treatment decisions to include both prescription and over the counter medications. Both the pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics of drug classes are covered as well as safe, ethical, therapeutic and legal prescribing practices. This course will follow the same body system approach as the clinical medicine course modules. Instruction will include lecture, problem/case based learning and/or small group work.
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program.
PAM 640
A course designed to guide the student in developing problem solving skills to apply in the medical decision making process in making therapeutic treatment decisions to include both prescription and over the counter medications. Both the pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics of drug classes are covered as well as safe, ethical, therapeutic and legal prescribing practices. This course will follow the same body system approach as the clinical medicine course modules. Instruction will include lecture, problem/case based learning and/or small group work.
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program.
PAM 641
A course designed to allow students to become competent in performing a variety of patient care skills. Skills are sequenced to the body systems being covered in the corresponding clinical medicine course to include physical examination, diagnostic, procedural, communication, professionalism and team based skills. The course will allow students to safely apply the medical decision-making process and learn procedural skills in a simulated environment. This course utilizes the PA simulation center to include high fidelity simulators, task trainers and standardized patient experiences.
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program
A course designed to allow students to become competent in performing a variety of patient care skills. Skills are sequenced to the body systems being covered in the corresponding clinical medicine course to include physical examination, diagnostic, procedural, communication, professionalism and team based skills. The course will allow students to safely apply the medical decision-making process and learn procedural skills in a simulated environment. This course utilizes the PA simulation center to include high fidelity simulators, task trainers and standardized patient experiences.
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program.
PAM 650
A course designed to allow students to become competent in performing a variety of patient care skills. Skills are sequenced to the corresponding clinical medicine course to include physical examination, diagnostic, procedural, communication, professionalism and team based skills. The course will allow students to safely apply the medical decision-making process and learn procedural skills in a simulated environment. This course includes instruction in ACLS and PALS which must be successfully completed to pass the course. Students are assessed on the application of history and physical examination techniques for the following populations: infant, children, adolescents, and elderly in the following visit types: annual well exam, focused, emergent, acute and chronic. This course utilizes the PA simulation center to include high fidelity simulators, task trainers and standardized patient experiences. This course includes the didactic summative and clinical orientation instruction.
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program.
PAM 651
Problem-Based Learning I is a facilitated, small-group, case-based course designed to strengthen clinical reasoning and application of didactic content. Students apply concurrent learning from the Clinical Medicine anchor course and mapped courses by working through progressive patient cases, developing differential diagnoses, selecting focused evaluation strategies, proposing initial management plans, and producing concise clinical documentation. The course emphasizes teamwork, professional communication, preparation, and reflective practice. Case content aligns with the concurrent Clinical Medicine I system block (Orthopedics/Rheumatology, Dermatology, Infectious Diseases, Hematology/Oncology, Pulmonology, and EENT/Oral Health). Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Enrollment restricted to UTampa PAM students.
Credit Hours: 1
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program
Problem-Based Learning II continues the facilitated, small-group, case-based sequence to strengthen clinical reasoning and application of didactic content. Students apply concurrent learning from the Clinical Medicine anchor course and mapped courses by working through progressive patient cases, developing and prioritizing differential diagnoses, selecting focused evaluation strategies, proposing initial management plans, and producing concise clinical documentation. The course emphasizes teamwork, professional communication, preparation, and reflective practice. Case content aligns with the concurrent Clinical Medicine II system block (Cardiovascular, Genitourinary, Nephrology, Men’s Health, Endocrinology, Gastrointestinal Medicine, and Neurology). Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Enrollment restricted to UTampa PAM students.
Credit Hours: 1
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program
Problem-Based Learning III completes the facilitated, small-group, case-based sequence designed to strengthen clinical reasoning and application of didactic content. Students apply concurrent learning from the Clinical Medicine anchor course and mapped courses by working through progressive patient cases, developing and prioritizing differential diagnoses, selecting focused evaluation strategies, proposing initial management plans, and producing concise clinical documentation. The course emphasizes teamwork, professional communication, preparation, and reflective practice. Case content aligns with the concurrent Clinical Medicine III system block (Obstetrics/Gynecology and Psychiatry/Behavioral Medicine). Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Enrollment restricted to UTampa PAM students.
Credit Hours: 1
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program
Clinical-Based Skills and Procedures I is a performance-focused course that develops core clinical skills and procedures required for safe entry into supervised clinical practice experiences. The course emphasizes patient safety, infection control, patient-centered communication, teamwork, and accurate clinical documentation. Instruction includes hands-on skills lab, structured simulation, and occasional demonstrations aligned with the concurrent Clinical Medicine I system block (Orthopedics/Rheumatology, Dermatology, Infectious Diseases, Hematology/Oncology, Pulmonology, and EENT/Oral Health). Assessment includes written knowledge checks and performance-based evaluations using OSCE and OSATS-style checkoffs. Enrollment restricted to UTampa PAM students.
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program
Clinical-Based Skills and Procedures II continues development and assessment of core clinical skills and procedures through skills lab, structured simulation, and occasional demonstrations. The course emphasizes safe performance, patient-centered communication, teamwork, and accurate documentation while aligning weekly skills instruction with the concurrent Clinical Medicine II system block (Cardiovascular, Genitourinary, Nephrology, Men’s Health, Endocrinology, Gastrointestinal Medicine, and Neurology). Assessment includes written knowledge checks and performance-based evaluations using OSCE and OSATS-style checkoffs to verify competence in program-defined core skills. Enrollment restricted to UTampa PAM students.
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program
Clinical-Based Skills and Procedures III completes the didactic skills series through advanced practice and assessment of clinical skills and procedures aligned to the concurrent Clinical Medicine III system block (Obstetrics/Gynecology and Psychiatry/Behavioral Medicine). Students develop competence in patient-centered communication, sensitive history taking, counseling, documentation, and safe skills performance through skills lab, structured simulation, and occasional demonstrations. Assessment includes written knowledge checks and performance-based evaluations using OSCE and OSATS-style checkoffs to verify competence in program-defined core skills. Enrollment restricted to UTampa PAM students.
Credit Hours: 2
A course designed to explore concepts of public health as they relate to the role of the practicing PA. Students will utilize the US Preventive Health Service task force clinical guidelines to identify preventive services for patient across the life span. Included social/behavioral topics are: death, dying and loss, normal and abnormal development across the life span, patient response to illness, injury and stress, substance abuse/addiction, violence identification and prevention and childhood behavioral health concerns. Instruction will include lecture as well as small group exercises and problem/case based learning.
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program
A course designed to introduce the concept of the social determinants of health including the sociocultural, economic and environmental factors that influence a patient’s health. The role of the PA in incorporating these issues into an appropriate plan of care will be explored. Students will gain experience, in the clinical setting, in history and physical exam skills. Providing medical care to patients with consideration for disability, ethnicity/ race, gender identity, religion/spirituality, and sexual orientation will be discussed. Students will participate in a medical service learning project in the community.
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program
Public Health: Community and Preventive Medicine prepares students to apply public health and preventive medicine concepts to clinical practice and community settings. Topics include epidemiology, surveillance and reporting, prevention and screening, outbreak response and infection control, disaster preparedness, occupational and environmental health, travel health, vulnerable populations and health disparities, and patient safety and quality improvement principles. Instruction includes lecture, case-based learning, and small group activities.
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program
Medical Diagnostics I develops a functional understanding of selecting, ordering, interpreting, and applying diagnostic tests used in primary care medical decision-making. Content aligns with the concurrent Clinical Medicine I system-based block and emphasizes appropriate utilization, cost-conscious care, avoidance of low-value testing, and clear documentation of diagnostic rationale and interpretation. Topics include foundational clinical laboratory medicine, introductory diagnostic imaging principles, electrocardiography fundamentals, and system-aligned diagnostic approaches for dermatologic, musculoskeletal, infectious, hematologic/oncologic, pulmonary, and HEENT presentations. Instruction includes lecture, case-based learning, and occasional demonstrations. Enrollment restricted to UTampa PAM students.
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program
Medical Diagnostics II advances students’ ability to select, order, interpret, and apply diagnostic tests used in primary care medical decision-making. Content is aligned with the concurrent Clinical Medicine II system-based block and emphasizes appropriate utilization, cost-conscious care, avoidance of low-value testing, and clear documentation of diagnostic rationale and interpretation. Topics include advanced clinical laboratory medicine, diagnostic imaging indications and introductory interpretation, and system-aligned diagnostic approaches for cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal/genitourinary, endocrine, gastrointestinal, and neurologic presentations. Instruction includes lecture, case-based learning, and occasional demonstrations. Enrollment restricted to UTampa PAM students.
Credit Hours: 2
Medical Diagnostics III completes the longitudinal diagnostics sequence by reinforcing diagnostic test selection, ordering, interpretation, and documentation in system-aligned clinical contexts. Content parallels the concurrent Clinical Medicine III block and emphasizes appropriate utilization, cost-conscious testing, avoidance of low-value testing, and clear documentation of diagnostic rationale, interpretation, and next-step planning. Topics include system-based diagnostic strategies and test interpretation relevant to women’s health and behavioral health presentations, with continued integration of laboratory medicine and diagnostic study selection and interpretation principles. Instruction includes lecture, case-based learning, and occasional demonstrations. Enrollment restricted to UTampa PAM students.
Credit Hours: 2
A course designed to guide students in obtaining medical knowledge and developing problem solving skills to apply in the medical decision-making process and patient care as it applies to military/disaster medicine, telemedicine, pediatric medicine, parenting, geriatric medicine, and occupational/environmental medicine. The course also provides instruction on the application of appropriate history and physical examination techniques for infant, child, adolescent, adult, and elderly populations across annual well exams and focused emergent, acute, and chronic visit types. Instruction includes lecture, problem/case based learning and/or small group work.
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program
A course designed to guide students in obtaining medical knowledge and developing problem solving skills to apply in the medical decision-making process and patient care as it applies to trauma, hospital floor medicine, emergency medicine, critical care, intensive care, pain/physical rehabilitation and surgical care. Instruction includes lecture, problem/case based learning and/or small group work.
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites
Admission to PA Program
Competency-based, longitudinal assessment course that evaluates students’ progression toward program-defined physician assistant competencies during the first didactic semester. Through scheduled assessment events, students complete cumulative evaluations of medical knowledge, clinical reasoning, communication, technical skills, and professional behaviors. Performance data are used to provide structured feedback, guide individualized learning plans, and support early identification of students needing remediation. Successful completion of required competency checkpoints is necessary for progression within the PAM curriculum sequence.
Credit Hours: 1
Competency-based longitudinal assessment course that evaluates student progression toward program-defined physician assistant competencies during the second didactic semester. Through scheduled assessment events, students complete cumulative evaluations of medical knowledge, clinical reasoning, communication, clinical and technical skills, and professional behaviors. Performance data are used to provide structured feedback, guide individualized learning plans, and support early identification of students needing remediation. Successful completion of required competency checkpoints is necessary for progression within the PAM curriculum sequence.
Credit Hours: 1
Competency-based longitudinal assessment course that evaluates student progression toward program-defined physician assistant competencies during the final didactic semester. Through scheduled assessment events, students complete cumulative evaluations of medical knowledge, clinical reasoning, communication, clinical and technical skills, and professional behaviors to support readiness for supervised clinical practice experiences. Performance data guide structured feedback, individualized learning plans, and early identification of learners needing remediation. Successful completion of required competency checkpoints is necessary for progression into the clinical phase of the PAM curriculum.
Credit Hours: 1
A supervised clinical practice experience designed to give students the opportunity to participate in the medical decision making process while developing the appropriate knowledge, skills and abilities to provide care in the ambulatory outpatient family medicine clinic. The course will deliver education on providing comprehensive evidence-based, gender/age specific individualized care, addressing acute and chronic diseases, health promotion and disease prevention in the context of each patient’s social, economic, cultural and religious background. Students will engage with the interprofessional team and behave as a medical professional with patients, families and other members of the medical team.
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites
Physician Assistant Medicine
A supervised clinical practice experience designed to give students the opportunity to participate in the medical decision-making process while developing the appropriate knowledge, skills and abilities to provide care needed by adult and elderly patients. During this rotation students will learn the indications and care of these patients. Students will have the opportunity to work as part of the primary team while coordinating with subspecialist, and interdisciplinary allied health professionals.
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites
Physician Assistant Medicine
A supervised clinical practice experience designed to give students the opportunity to participate in the medical decision making process while developing the appropriate knowledge, skills and abilities to provide care in a pediatric medicine practice. The course provides education in comprehensive, evidence-based, gender/age specific individualized care, addressing acute and chronic diseases (sick child), health promotion (well child) and disease prevention in the context of each patient’s social, economic, cultural and religious background. Students will engage with the interprofessional team and behave as a medical professional with patients, families and other members of the medical team.
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites
Physician Assistant Medicine
A supervised clinical practice experience designed to give students the opportunity to participate in the medical decision making process while developing the appropriate knowledge, skills and abilities to provide care in the surgical medicine practice. The experiences in this rotation will include pre-operative, intra-operative (assisting) and post-operative surgical care. Students will engage with the interprofessional team and behave as a medical professional with patients, families and other members of the medical team.
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites
Physician Assistant Medicine
A supervised clinical practice experience designed to give students the opportunity to participate in the medical decision making process while developing the appropriate knowledge, skills and abilities to provide care in the emergency medicine practice. The rotation will take place in emergency departments. This rotation allows students to establish triage skills, learn to recognize and manage conditions that need immediate attention and prioritize care for conditions that are less urgent. Students will engage with the interprofessional team and behave as a medical professional with patients, families and other members of the medical team.
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites
Physician Assistant Medicine
A supervised clinical practice experience designed to give students the opportunity to participate in the medical decision making process while developing the appropriate knowledge, skills and abilities to recognize and provide care for various behavioral/mental health problems. In settings, such as in/outpatient behavioral/mental health facilities and multiservice centers students will participate in behavioral/mental health evaluations, observe behavioral/mental therapy/interventions, and discuss management plans. Emphasis is on applying skills learned to treatment of behavioral/mental health issues in primary care. Students will engage with the interprofessional team and behave as a medical professional with patients, families and other members of the medical team.
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites
Physician Assistant Medicine
A supervised clinical practice experience designed to give students the opportunity to participate in the medical decision making process while developing the appropriate knowledge, skills and abilities to provide care in a women’s health medicine practice. Experiences include prenatal care, obstetric/gynecologic health histories, ob/gyn exams, evaluation and management planning. Emphasis is on applying skills learned to the treatment of ob/gyn health issues in primary care in the context of each patient’s social, economic, cultural and religious background. Students will engage with the interprofessional team and behave as a medical professional with patients, families and other members of the medical team.
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites
Physician Assistant Medicine
A supervised clinical practice experience designed to give students the opportunity to develop knowledge, skills and abilities in patient care, knowledge for practice, practice-based learning, and improvement in communication, professionalism, interprofessional collaboration, system-based practice and professional development in a primary care or specialty medical practice area of interest to the student. If the selected site does not have an existing affiliation, approval from the clinical education coordinator is required.
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites
Physician Assistant Medicine
A supervised clinical practice experience designed to give students the opportunity to develop knowledge, skills and abilities in patient care, knowledge for practice, practice-based learning, and improvement in communication, professionalism, interprofessional collaboration, system-based practice and professional development in a primary care or specialty medical practice area of interest to the student. If the selected site does not have an existing affiliation, approval from the clinical education coordinator is required.
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites
Physician Assistant Medicine
PA Competencies I: Foundations provides structured competency development during the clinical phase. Students complete rotation-based learning activities and required back-to-campus sessions with lecture, lab, simulation, and OSCE-style assessments. Content targets topic areas not fully represented in core SCPEs and is adjusted to cohort needs identified through PACKRAT and other standardized assessments. Emphasis includes clinical reasoning, documentation, evidence appraisal, and foundational technical skills to support progression toward graduation-level competence and PANCE readiness.
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisites
Physician Assistant Medicine
PA Competencies II: Integration advances competency development through complex clinical reasoning and applied decision-making during the clinical phase. Students complete rotation-based activities and required back-to-campus sessions that include lecture, skills labs, simulation, and OSCE or OSAT assessments. Content emphasizes integration of medical knowledge, communication, and professionalism and targets topics not fully represented in core SCPEs. Learning plans are adjusted to cohort needs identified through PACKRAT and other standardized assessments to support progression toward graduation-level competence and PANCE readiness.
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisites
PAM 710
PA Competencies III: Advanced Practice Readiness is the capstone competency course in the clinical phase. Students demonstrate graduation-level proficiency through rotation-based activities and required back-to-campus sessions with lecture, skills verification, simulation, and advanced OSCE or OSAT assessments. Content targets topics not fully represented in core SCPEs and is adjusted to cohort needs identified through PACKRAT and other standardized assessments. The course emphasizes independent clinical reasoning, documentation, patient safety, and professional behaviors to confirm readiness for graduation and PANCE success.
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisites
Physician Assistant Medicine
Remediation course for Physician Assistant Medicine students.
Credit Hours: 3
A course designed to prepare students for the final transition from student to medical provider. A summative assessment of physician assistant competencies will be included. The final capstone research project will be presented in this course. Topics covered include certifying examination review, certification process, professional licensure, malpractice, professional career planning, contract negotiations, credentialing process and financial planning. Content will be delivered in lecture, lab and small groups.
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisites
Physician Assistant Medicine