The first year of the PA curriculum is spent primarily in the classroom and the laboratory, with limited patient encounters toward the end of the first year.
Courses
Semester 1 – Summer B
- Gross & Radiographic Anatomy — 4 cr.hrs.
- Foundations of Patient Care and Professionalism — 2 cr.hrs.
Semester 2 – Fall
- Behavioral & Community Medicine I — 1 cr.hr.
- Human Physiology — 4 cr.hrs.
- Introduction to Medicine I — 6 cr.hrs.
- Pharmacotherapeutics I — 3 cr.hrs.
- Physical Diagnosis — 2 cr.hrs.
Semester 3 – Spring
- Behavioral & Community Medicine II — 1 cr.hr.
- Clinical Problem Solving/Differential Diagnosis — 1 cr.hr.
- Clinical Procedures — 1 cr.hr.
- EKG Interpretation/ACLS — 1 cr.hr.
- Pharmacotherapeutics II — 1 cr.hr
- Introduction to Medicine II — 6 cr.hrs.
- Patient Evaluation & Hospital Practicum — 2 cr.hrs.
Semester 4 – Summer A
- Advanced Clinical Practicum — 3 cr.hrs.
- Evidence-Based Medicine — 2 cr.hrs.
TOTAL ACADEMIC YEAR SEMESTER HOURS = 40