Students accepted into the MSPAS program hold a minimum of a bachelor's degree and, on average, have 2,000 hours of direct patient contact experience. Students spend 15 months in the pre-clinical phase with classroom instruction in anatomy, physiology, physical examination, pharmacology, skills and procedures, clinical medicine, and evidence-based medicine. The following 11 months are spent in the clinical phase comprised of supervised clinical rotations where students gain hands-on experience in the core areas of family medicine, rural medicine, general surgery, emergency medicine, pediatrics, women's health, psychiatry, and internal medicine, plus two electives. The 27th month is spent back on campus to complete the clinical phase capstone project and a review course.

Didactic Phase (15 Months) Course Credits
Fall #1    
PA 611 Anatomy 6
PA 612 Physiology I 4
PA 613 Clinical Assessment I 4
PA 615 Role of the PA I 1
PA 616 Diagnostics I 2
  Total 17
     
Spring    
PA 621 Medical Microbiology & Infectious Disease 4
PA 622 Physiology II 4
PA 623 Pharmacology in Disease Pathology I 2
PA 624 Clinical Medicine I 4
PA 625 Clinical Assessment II 3
PA 627 Integration into Clinical Concepts I 4
PA 628 Diagnostics II 2
  Total 23
     
Summer    
PA 626 Clinical Skills I 4
PA 631 Pharmacology in Disease Pathology II 2
PA 632 Clinical Medicine II 4
PA 633 Integration into Clinical Concepts II 3
PA 634 Behavioral Health 3
PA 635 Diagnostics III 2
  Total 18
     
Fall #2    
PA 640 Role of the PA II 1
PA 641 Clinical Medicine III 4
PA 643 Clinical Skills II 3
PA 644 Evidence Based Medicine 2
PA 645 Integration into Clinical Concepts III 4
PA 646 Pharmacology in Disease Pathology III 2
PA 649 Didactic Comprehensive Exam 1
  Total 17
     
Clinical Phase (11 months)    
PA 650 Emergency Medicine Clinical Rotation 4
PA 651 Family Medicine Clinical Rotation 4
PA 652 Internal Medicine Clinical Rotation 4
PA 653 Medical Specialties Clinical Rotation 4
PA 654 Women's Health Clinical Rotation 4
PA 655 Pediatric Clinical Rotation 4
PA 656 Psychiatry/Behavioral Health Clinical Rotation 4
PA 657 Surgery Clinical Rotation 4
PA 658 Rural Medicine Clinical Rotation 4
PA 659 Elective I Clinical Rotation 4
PA 660 Elective II Clinical Rotation 4
     
Summative Courses    
PA 662 Professional Competency Course 2
PA 663 Capstone Project 2
     
  Program Total Credits 123