Physician Assistant Program Curriculum

PA Curriculum Components

Didactic Year Curriculum Components & Credit Hours

Fall I

PAP601 – Foundations in Medicine I (3 credit hours)
PAP611 – Clinical Medicine I (8 credit hours)
PAP621 – Clinical Skills I (2 credit hours)
PAP622 – Clinical Skills I Lab ( (1 credit hour)
PAP631 – PAs in Health Care (1 credit hour)
PAP641 – Clinical Reasoning Workshop I (1 credit hour)
PAP651 – Evidence Based Medicine (1 credit hour)
SPAN661 – Medical Spanish I (2 credit hours) 
SPAN662 – Medical Spanish I Workshop (1 credit hour)

Spring 1 

PAP602 – Foundations in Medicine II (3 credit hours) 
PAP612 – Clinical Medicine II (8 credit hours) 
PAP623 – Clinical Skills II (2 credit hours) 
PAP624 – Clinical Skills II Lab (1 credit hour)   
PAP632 – Ethics & Professionalism (1 credit hour)
PAP642 – Clinical Reasoning Workshop II (1 credit hour)
PAP652 – Health, Justice, & Society I (1 credit hour)
SPAN663 – Medical Spanish II (2 credit hours)   
SPAN664 – Medical Spanish II Workshop (1 credit hour)

Fall 2 

PAP603 – Foundations in Medicine III (3 credit hours). 
PAP613 – Clinical Medicine III (8 credit hours)
PAP625 – Clinical Skills III (2 credit hours)   
PAP626 – Clinical Skills III Lab (1 credit hour)   
PAP633 – Health Systems (1 credit hour) 
PAP643 – Clinical Reasoning Workshop III (1 credit hour)
PAP653 – Health, Justice, & Society II (1 credit hour) 
SPAN665 – Medical Spanish III (2 credit hours)  
SPAN667 – Medical Spanish III Workshop (1 credit hour)