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 is the second of a two part course series that explores the physiological and pathophysiological foundations of disease. Students will examine how genetics, epidemiology, and physiology interact to influence health and disease processes. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to explain how pathophysiologic mechanisms relate to anatomy and common diseases and apply this understanding in clinical contexts.
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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MPA645 Pharmacology VI
College of Health Science Physician Assistant Department
Course Description: This course will introduce pharmacology, focusing on the pharmacologic treatment of diseases. Students will learn about the pharmacologic treatment of diseases in the following systems: Cardiology, Pulmonology, Gastroenterology, and Dermatology. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to apply the principles of pharmacology and judiciously create a pharmacologic treatment plan.
Credit Hours: 1.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
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MPA625 Pharmacology V
College of Health Science Physician Assistant Department
Course Description: This course will introduce pharmacology, focusing on the pharmacologic treatment of diseases. Students will learn about the pharmacologic treatment of diseases in the following systems: Cardiology, Pulmonology, Gastroenterology, and Dermatology. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to apply the principles of pharmacology and judiciously create a pharmacologic treatment plan.
Credit Hours: 1.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
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MPA605 Pharmacology IV
College of Health Science Physician Assistant Department
Course Description: This course will introduce pharmacology, focusing on the pharmacologic treatment of diseases. Students will learn about the pharmacologic treatment of diseases in the following systems: Cardiology, Pulmonology, Gastroenterology, and Dermatology. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to apply the principles of pharmacology and judiciously create a pharmacologic treatment plan.
Credit Hours: 1.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
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MPA585 Pharmacology III
College of Health Science Physician Assistant Department
Course Description: This course will introduce pharmacology, focusing on the pharmacologic treatment of diseases. Students will learn about the pharmacologic treatment of diseases in the following systems: Cardiology, Pulmonology, Gastroenterology, and Dermatology. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to apply the principles of pharmacology and judiciously create a pharmacologic treatment plan.
Credit Hours: 1.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
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MPA565 Pharmacology II
College of Health Science Physician Assistant Department
Course Description: This course will introduce pharmacology, focusing on the pharmacologic treatment of diseases. Students will learn about the pharmacologic treatment of diseases in the following systems: Cardiology, Pulmonology, Gastroenterology, and Dermatology. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to apply the principles of pharmacology and judiciously create a pharmacologic treatment plan.
Credit Hours: 1.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
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MPA545 Pharmacology I
College of Health Science Physician Assistant Department
Course Description: This course will introduce pharmacology, focusing on the pharmacologic treatment of diseases. Students will learn about the pharmacologic treatment of diseases in the following systems: Cardiology, Pulmonology, Gastroenterology, and Dermatology. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to apply the principles of pharmacology and judiciously create a pharmacologic treatment plan.
Credit Hours: 1.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
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MPA775 Pediatrics
College of Health Science Physician Assistant Department
Course Description: This course will consist of a 4-week rotation in pediatric medicine to practice the principles of pediatric 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 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 pediatric medicine setting and entry level knowledge of diseases and well-states encountered in pediatric medicine.
Credit Hours: 4.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
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