MPAS 510 - The Path to Becoming a PA I

1 hours) Prerequisites: Matriculation into the Physician Assistant Program. This is a 12-week course that will meet once a week during Unit II of the Spring semester and will consist of lecture, discussion, and small group formats. This course is designed to facilitate the student in the transition into the medical profession and serves as an introduction to PA professional practice issues. This course is the first course of a series of three courses and topics taught which will include intellectual honesty and academic professional conduct, self-analysis and introduction to teamwork, history of the PA profession and trends, professional practice laws and licensure, PA credentialing and governing bodies, public health and population health, epidemiology, healthcare delivery systems and health care policy, and medical law.

Note: This course cannot be challenged.