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
Course name links to course syllabi
All UF School of PA Studies Academic Year classes are delivered and attended in-person
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