TABLE OF CONTENTS UK PA Faculty & Staff 4 Clinical Year Tentative Schedule 5 Registration, Student Email Addresses, Social Media Tool (Slack) 6 Social Media Guidelines, Name Changes 7 ID Badges, Personal Contact Information, Lockers, Mailboxes 8 Compliance, Textbooks & Resources 8 Sunrise Clinical Manager, General Safety Resources & Links 9 University Services, Using This Manual 9 STANDARDS AND OBJECTIVES 10 Program Expectations for the Clinical Year 11 Clinical Expectations 11 Instructions for Each 4-Week Rotation 12 Technical Standards (College of Health Sciences) 15 Technical Standards (Division of Physician Assistant Studies) 16 Professional Standards, Professional Conduct 18 Codes of Standards and Behaviors 19 Dress Code, Rotation Attendance 19-20 Request for of Absence, Request for Medical Withdrawal 22 EOR Call Back Days, Rotation Principles 22 POLICIES, PROCEDURES & REQUIREMENTS 26 Assignment to Rotations, Changes to the Rotation Schedule 27 Rotations, International Rotations 29 Prescriptive Activities 31 Health Insurance, Student Health Fee & Vaccinations 31 UK Immunization Requirements for Students with Clinical Responsibilities 32 Needle Sticks 33 Rotation Documentation & Credentialing 37 Background Checks & Drug Screens 38 Academic Performance 39 Student Remediation Policy 43 Mid-Rotation Feedback & Evaluations, Rural Health Report 43-44 End-of-Rotation Examinations, Evaluations of Course Directors & Preceptors 44 Biosketches, Summative Examination 44 PACKRAT, Exit Interviews 45 Academic Performance & Probation Policy 45 After Graduation 46
For course objectives, instructional activity and assessment, refer to the course map below: PA Core Competencies Learning Outcomes PAS 665 Course Objectives Instruction Activity Assessment B3.01 B3.02 B3.03 B3.04 B3.05 B3.06 B3.07 PC, MK, COM, PR, SBP At the end of the PAS 665 course, students will: medical knowledge of scientific concepts in the ambulatory and/or inpatient settings to conduct history and physical examinations to arrive at a differential diagnosis and formulate a plan of management for the condition examined In the chosen discipline Evaluate patients in the chosen discipline with an effective history and physical examination for the specific reason for visit. Formulate a differential diagnosis and order diagnostics to rule out or confirm the working diagnosis given the level of acuity Select a clinical intervention plan that is consistent with the working diagnosis and orally present the entire case to the preceptor. Obtain H&P of a patient and oral presentation of the case to the preceptor 1. Preceptor signing off on the written H&P with date. Student uploads to the canvas shell 2. Preceptor scores the student on end of clerkship evaluation tool on the task B3.01 B3.02 B3.03 B3.04 B3.05 B3.06 B3.07 PC, MK, COM, PR, SBP At the end of the PAS 665 course, students will: Be able to incorporate their medical knowledge into effective health promotion/ disease prevention Propose an appropriate prevention strategy for the condition, age and sex in the patient group in the chosen discipline. Educate and Counsel the patient and family on the chosen prevention modality. Demonstrate counseling of patients/ family members of patients to the preceptor Preceptor scores the student on clerkship evaluation tool on the ability to provide case specific preventive care including counseling B3.01 B3.02 B3.03 PC, MK, COM, PR, SBP, PBL At the end of the PAS 665 course, students will: Conduct themselves professionally and effectively communicate with colleagues and patients 3.1 Develop and Document a complete SOAP note with differential diagnosis, diagnostics to and a clinical management plan for patient including referral criteria for primary diagnoses. Prepare a SOAP note on a patient including referral criteria and get feedback 1. SOAP note assignment 2. Preceptor scores the student on ability to
B3.04 B3.05 B3.06 B3.07 3.2 Student is able to seek out constructive feedback from and provide constructive feedback to colleagues and health professionals. 3.3 The student Demonstrates compliance with confidentiality requirements in the clinical setting from the preceptor then upload to Canvas shell document a SOAP note 3. Preceptor scores the student on professionalism PAS 669: Internal Medicine Syllabus University of Kentucky Department of Clinical Sciences Division of Physician Assistant Studies Course Director Somu Chatterjee, MD, MPH 201 Wethington Building Rm 201D 859-323-1100 ext. 83732 Office hours By appointment only. is the best form of communication; office phone is also available. Dr. Chatterjee will attempt to return all communication in a timely fashion. Course Description This is a four-week clinical course designed to provide physician assistant students with experience in evaluating and treating common problems encountered in Internal Medicine. Experience is provided at the level of a primary care physician assistant, and emphasis is placed on performing a history and physical exam, selecting and interpreting laboratory exams, establishing a logical differential diagnosis, conducting research on clinical programs, performing selected studies, and establishing a tentative treatment plan. Students are required to repeat the course for a total of eight weeks and six credits (ie: IM I and IM II). INTERNAL MEDICINE I (4 weeks): To successfully complete Internal Medicine I, students are required to meet the criteria for 1. Passing score on the preceptor evaluation, 2. A passing grade on Written Assignment described below as well as 3. A passing grade (≥ 60%) on the Internal Medicine End of Rotation Examination, also described below. INTERNAL MEDICINE II (4 weeks): To successfully complete Internal Medicine II, students are required to meet the criteria for 1. Passing score on the preceptor evaluation, 2. A passing grade on Written
For course goals, objectives, instructional activity and assessment, refer to the course map below: PA Core Competencies Learning Outcomes PAS 669 Course Objectives Instruction Activity Assessment B3.01 B3.02 B3.03 B3.04 B3.05 B3.06 B3.07 PC, MK, COM, PR, SBP At the end of the PAS 669 course, students will: Apply medical knowledge of scientific concepts in the ambulatory and/or inpatient setting to conduct history and physical examinations in a patient with multisystem involvement to arrive at a differential diagnosis and formulate a plan of management for the condition examined In adults Evaluate an adult patient with an effective history and physical examination for the specific reason for visit. Formulate a differential diagnosis and diagnostics to rule out or confirm the working diagnosis given the level of acuity Select a clinical intervention plan that is consistent with the working diagnosis and orally present the entire case to the preceptor. Obtain H&P of a patient and oral presentation of the case to the preceptor 1. Preceptor signing off on the written H&P with date. Student uploads to the canvas shell 2. Preceptor scores the student on end of clerkship evaluation tool on the task
B3.01 B3.02 B3.03 B3.04 B3.05 B3.06 B3.07 PC, MK, COM, PR, SBP At the end of the PAS 669 course, students will: Be able to incorporate their medical knowledge into effective health promotion/ disease prevention Propose an appropriate prevention strategy for the given condition, age and sex. Educate and Counsel the patient and family on the chosen prevention modality. Demonstrate counseling of patients/ family members of patients to the preceptor Preceptor scores the student on clerkship evaluation tool on the ability to provide case specific preventive care including counseling B3.01 B3.02 B3.03 B3.04 B3.05 B3.06 B3.07 PC, MK, COM, PR, SBP, PBL At the end of the PAS 669 course, students will: Conduct themselves professionally and effectively communicate colleagues and patients 3.1 Develop and Document a SOAP note on a complex case (with multisystem involvement) with differential diagnosis, diagnostics to order and a clinical management plan for the patient including referral criteria to subspecialists for each of the diagnoses. 3.2 Student is able to seek out constructive feedback from and provide constructive feedback to colleagues and other health professionals. 3.3 The student Demonstrates compliance with confidentiality requirements in the clinical setting Prepare a SOAP note on a chronic case patient including referral criteria and get feedback from the preceptor then upload to Canvas shell 1. SOAP note assignment 2. Preceptor scores the student on ability to document a SOAP note 3. Preceptor scores the student on PAS 670: Emergency Medicine Syllabus University of Kentucky Department of Clinical Sciences Division of Physician Assistant Studies Course Director Prof. Sam Powdrill, MPhil, PA-C 201 Wethington Building Rm 207C 859-323-1100 ext. 80587 Office hours By appointment only. is the best form of communication; office phone is also available. Professor Powdrill will attempt to return all communication in a timely fashion. Course Description This is a four-week clinical course designed to provide physician assistant students with experience in evaluating and treating common problems encountered in Emergency Medicine. Experience is provided at the of a primary care physician assistant, and emphasis is placed on performing a history and physical exam, selecting and interpreting laboratory exams, establishing a logical differential diagnosis,
Schedules will be changed by the clinical team only if absolutely necessary. The format that maybe followed on every EOC day will be as following (may be in any sequence): Verification of all documents uploaded into canvas to EOC day. (15 min) EOC day Exam (2 hr exam for 120 questions with optional 15 min break in between) Please arrive 30 min prior to taking the exam to sign the Honor code for the PAEA EOR Exam of the day and complete pending evaluation if any on E-Medley. All evaluations must be completed online in E-Medley by the end of EOC day. Points will be awarded for each completed evaluation (see evaluation below) Housekeeping – Announcements etc. (30 min) Meeting with Clerkship directors and Q &A / mini orientation for each clerkship - as available (30 min) Team based learning activities (if it occurs, hrs. will vary) Presentation on a topic (External Presenters) (2 - 3 hrs.) Student Presentation on a topic with Q and A by the instructor and students (15-20 min each for presentation + 5-10 min Q and A) – upload presentation on Canvas. Topic of presentation should be emailed to Donna/Dr Chatterjee at least 30 – 45 days prior to Date of presentation. Schedule and deadlines for the topics will be available on Canvas PAS 680 course shell. Individuals will be chosen from each rotation. Evaluation and Grading Tasks/Assignments % of Final Grade Due Rural Health Report 50% (100 points) March 31, 2018 Student Presentations during EOC. 50% (100 points) Rubric for presentation will be uploaded onto canvas under Modules and is in Syllabus. Topics will be provided by the course director. Professionalism Pass/Fail Easy picking provided no disciplinary issues noted. Course grades are earned using the following scale: A = ≥89.5 B = 79.5 - 89.4%