The focus of the course will be on chronic disease management, treatment of acute minor illness, and symptomatic therapies. Jr St in Phy Asst program. No cr for Pharmacy students. Field Experience in Patient Assessment. Clinical experience in the evaluation of hospitalized medical and surgical patients.
Students participate in team activities related to patient care.
Refinement of skills in patient evaluation and case presentations to faculty and other students. Surgical Principles and Procedures. The senior year of the Physician Assistant Program consists of four eight-week preceptorships. Preceptorships are intensive clinical learning experiences under the direction of physician preceptors at a variety of off-campus clinical settings. Each student must take one rotation each in PA 629 Surgery and PA 649 Internal Medicine and two rotations in PA 639 Primary Care .