Curriculum
Students completing the Stephens College Physician Assistant Studies Program receive a Master of Physician Assistant Studies degree designed to train generalist practitioners with the capacity for specialty practice.
Curriculum
ARC-PA Standard: A3.17, A3.14d
The Stephens College Physician Assistant Studies program includes a 27-month curriculum with both a didactic and clinical phase. The primary goal of the didactic curriculum is to provide the knowledge and skills needed to participate effectively in clinical rotations and gain foundational knowledge for the PA profession. The primary goals of the clinical rotations are to assure that students are prepared for licensure and effective practice as a PA. Advanced placement will not be granted by the Stephens PA program. As members of a cohort program, students must progress through the entire didactic and clinical phases of the program.
Didactic Phase
Year 1:
Fall (18 weeks)
PAS 515 Human Anatomy & Radiology (6 credit hours)
PAS 516 Medical Physiology (3 credit hours)
PAS 517 Molecular Foundations of Biomedicine (3 credit hours)
PAS 511 Clinical Skills 1 (4 credit hours)
PAS 512 Clinical Medicine 1 (5 credit hours)
PAS 513 Medical Pharmacology 1 (2 credit hours)
PAS 514 Case Based Medicine Seminar 1 (1 credit hour)
Total: 24 credit hours
Spring (18 weeks)
PAS 522 Clinical Medicine 2 (9 credit hours)
PAS 523 Medical Pharmacology 2 (2 credit hours)
PAS 521 Clinical Skills 2 (4 credit hours)
PAS 525 Professional Practice 1 (2 credit hours)
PAS 526 Evidence Based Medicine & Research 1 (2 credit hours)
PAS 524 Case Based Medicine Seminar 2 (1 credit hour)
Total: 20 credit hours
Summer (15 weeks)
PAS 532 Clinical Medicine 3 (9 credit hours)
PAS 533 Medical Pharmacology 3 (2 credit hours)
PAS 531 Clinical Skills 3 (4 credit hours)
PAS 535 Professional Practice 2 (2 credit hours)
PAS 536 Evidence Based Medicine & Research 2 (2 credit hours)
PAS 534 Case Based Medicine Seminar 3 (1 credit hour)
Total: 20 credit hours
Total Didactic Phase Credit Hours: 64
Clinical Phase
Fall, Spring, and Summer of Year 2, Fall of Year 3:
Students will take the following course as a cohort prior to beginning their clinical rotations:
PAS 611 Introduction to the Clinical Phase (4 weeks, 4 credit hours)
The following clinical rotations will be scheduled as available during the fall, spring, summer, and fall sessions:
PAS 612 Family Medicine 1 (6 weeks, 6 credit hours)
PAS 613 Internal Medicine (6 weeks, 6 credit hours)
PAS 614 Women's Health (6 weeks, 6 credit hours)
PAS 615 Pediatrics (6 weeks, 6 credit hours)
PAS 616 Emergency Medicine (6 weeks, 6 credit hours)
PAS 617 General Surgery (6 weeks, 6 credit hours)
PAS 618 Psychiatry/Behavioral Medicine (6 weeks, 6 credit hours)
PAS 680 Elective (6 weeks, 6 credit hours)
The following course will take place during the clinical phase between clinical rotations:
PAS 620 PA Leadership Rotation (4 weeks, 4 credit hours)
The following course will take place at the end of the PA program:
PAS 670 Capstone (3 weeks, 2 credit hours)
Total Credit Hours for the Clinical Phase: 58 credit hours
Total Program Credit Hours: 122