Curriculum
The EMU PA Program curriculum plan consists of 100 semester credit hours taken over 6 semesters, separated into Didactic and Clinical Years. Final University approval for this curriculum is ongoing.
Didactic Year - 55 credit hours
The Didactic Year for the EMU PA student consists of course delivery via lectures, small group sessions, hands-on skills practice and simulation.
| PAS 610 |
Clinical Medicine for Physician Assistants I |
6 credit hours |
| PAS 620 |
Patient Assessment for Physician Assistants I |
3 credit hours |
| PAS 630 |
Pharmacotherapeutics for Physician Assistants I |
3 credit hours |
| PAS 640 |
Pathophysiology for Physician Assistants I |
3 credit hours |
| PAS 650 |
Advanced Human Anatomy w/Cadaver Lab for Physician Assistants |
4 credit hours |
| PAS 611 |
Clinical Medicine for Physician Assistants II |
6 credit hours |
| PAS 621 |
Patient Assessment for Physician Assistants II |
3 credit hours |
| PAS 631 |
Pharmacotherapeutics for Physician Assistants II |
3 credit hours |
| PAS 641 |
Pathophysiology for Physician Assistants II |
3 credit hours |
| PAS 670 |
Ethics and Research Methods for Physician Assistants |
3 credit hours |
| PAS 612 |
Clinical Medicine for Physician Assistants III |
6 credit hours |
| PAS 622 |
Physician Assistant Practicum |
3 credit hours |
| PAS 632 |
Pharmacotherapeutics for Physician Assistants III |
3 credit hours |
| PAS 642 |
Pathophysiology for Physician Assistants III |
3 credit hours |
| PAS 660 |
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures for Physician Assistants |
3 credit hours |
Clinical Year - 45 credit hours
The Clinical Year for the EMU PA student consists of 3 semesters with course delivery primarily via supervised clinical practice experiences (clinical rotations) with clinical preceptors and patient interaction and simulations. There will be 9 clinical rotations of 4 weeks in duration, which will be taken in any order. The clinical preceptorship will be 6 weeks in duration and will occur after successful completion of all 9 clinical rotations. The clinical preceptorship will be in primary care medicine, primarily family or internal medicine.
Summer Semester 2 - 13 credit hours
| PAS 730a |
Graduate Project for Physician Assistant Students I |
1 credit hour |
| PAS 710a |
Clinical Rotation: Pediatric Medicine |
4 credit hours |
| PAS 710b |
Clinical Rotation: Psychiatric Medicine |
4 credit hours |
| PAS 710c |
Clinical Rotation: General Surgery |
4 credit hours |
Fall Semester 2 - 17 credit hours
| PAS 730b |
Graduate Project for Physician Assistant Students II |
1 credit hour |
| PAS 710d |
Clinical Rotation: Obstetrics & Gynecological Medicine |
4 credit hours |
| PAS 710e |
Clinical Rotation: Emergency Medicine |
4 credit hours |
| PAS 710f |
Clinical Rotation: Family Medicine |
4 credit hours |
| PAS 710g |
Clinical Rotation: Internal Medicine |
4 credit hours |
Winter Semester 2 - 15 credit hours
| PAS 730c |
Graduate Project for Physician Assistant Students III |
1 credit hour |
| PAS 710h |
Clinical Rotation: Elective Rotation |
4 credit hours |
| PAS 710i |
Clinical Rotation: Elective Rotation |
4 credit hours |
| PAS 720 |
Clinical Preceptorship: Primary Care Medicine |
6 credit hours |
In order to complete the PA Program and graduate, a student must satisfactorily complete each course set forth in the Program's curriculum outline (above) including satisfactory completion and defense of the Graduate Project, attain supervised clinical practice experience benchmarks and successful completion of the program Summative Evaluation. In addition, a student must be in good academic standing after completing the required curriculum and meet University guidelines.
