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MPA755 Women's Health
College of Health Science Physician Assistant Department
Course Description: This course will consist of a 4-week rotation in women's health to practice the principles of women's health in a clinical working environment under the direct supervision of a clinical preceptor. Students will refine the knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom and lab setting and utilize them in a clinical setting. Students will practice performing the history and physical exam, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, and developing treatment plans for the diversity of patients and conditions encountered in clinical practice. Upon successful course completion, students will demonstrate knowledge of how a PA functions in the women's health setting and entry-level knowledge of diseases and well-states encountered in women's health.
Credit Hours: 4.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
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MPA745 Surgery
College of Health Science Physician Assistant Department
Course Description: This course will consist of a 4-week rotation in surgical medicine to practice the principles of surgical medicine in a clinical working environment under the direct supervision of a clinical preceptor. Students will refine the knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom and lab setting and utilize them in a clinical setting. Students will practice performing triage, working on a surgical team, the history and physical exam, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, and developing treatment plans for the diversity of patients and conditions encountered in clinical practice. Upon successful course completion, students will demonstrate knowledge of how a PA functions in the surgical medicine setting and entry-level knowledge of diseases and well-states encountered in surgical medicine.
Credit Hours: 4.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
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MPA660 Research/Evidence-Based Medicine
College of Health Science Physician Assistant Department
Course Description: This course will provide an overview of research/evidence-based medicine for clinicians. Students will learn about the interpretation of basic biostatistical methods, the use of common databases to access medical literature, and how to interpret medical literature and research studies to promote evidence-based decisions in medicine. Upon successful course completion, students will create scholarly work in the form of a master's thesis paper and summary poster of quality to present at an academic or medical conference.
Credit Hours: 2.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
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MPA795 Preceptorship
College of Health Science Physician Assistant Department
Course Description: This course provides a three-week supervised clinical practice experience (SCPE) in a selected field of medicine as the culmination of the clinical curriculum, aimed at refining and reinforcing the principles of medicine under the direct supervision of a clinical preceptor. If necessary, this SCPE may also be used to ensure completion of the clinical curriculum course learning outcomes. Students will build upon the knowledge and skills acquired in classroom and laboratory settings and apply them in a clinical environment. They will practice conducting comprehensive histories and physical exams, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, and developing treatment plans for a diverse range of patients and conditions. Upon successful completion, students will demonstrate an understanding of the physician assistant’s role in medicine and entry-level to the PA profession proficiency in diseases, conditions, and wellness states encountered in clinical practice.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
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MPA635 Population Health and Epidemiology
College of Health Science Physician Assistant Department
Course Description: This course will provide a review of population health and epidemiology. Students will learn how to apply population health and epidemiology concepts to improve health outcomes and how health systems, agencies, and organizations work together. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to determine how to improve health equity, reduce health disparities, maintain population health, promote health and disease prevention strategies, and discuss how the distribution and determinants of health and disease affect different human populations.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
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MPA525 Physiology and Pathophysiology II
College of Health Science Physician Assistant Department
Course Description: This course will review the pathophysiologic basis of diseases. Students will learn how genetics, epidemiology, and physiology interact and affect health. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to describe how pathophysiologic processes relate to anatomy and common diseases and apply this knowledge to clinical practice.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
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MPA505 Physiology and Pathophysiology I
College of Health Science Physician Assistant Department
Course Description: This course will review the pathophysiologic basis of diseases. Students will learn how genetics, epidemiology, and physiology interact and affect health. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to describe how pathophysiologic processes relate to anatomy and common diseases and apply this knowledge to clinical practice.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
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