The FDU PA Program is committed to preparing future socially responsible professionals that possess the academic knowledge, clinical skills, and professional attitudes requisite for providing compassionate patient-centered care in a dynamic healthcare system.  With that in mind, the program developed its mission and goals and designed a curriculum that would provide learning experiences that promote the acquisition of those same skills. The FDU PA Program developed a two-and-a-half-year curriculum leading to a Master of Science (MS) in PA Studies. 

For further information on mission and goals, outcomes, competencies, academics, admissions, technical standards, tuition and fees, policies, procedures, and other curricular components,  see fdu.edu/pa.

 

Medical Knowledge: Medical Science

Course #

Course Title

Credits

PHAS 6100

Medical Science I – Anatomy

4

PHAS 6120

Medical Science II – Physiology

3

PHAS 6130

Medical Science III – Pathophysiology & Genetics

4

PHAS 6140

Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics I

3

PHAS 6150

Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics II

3

Total: 17 Credits

 

Medical Knowledge: Social and Behavioral Sciences

Course #

Course Title

Credits

PHAS 6220

Mental Health & Wellness

2

Total: 2 Credits

 

Medical Knowledge: Clinical Medicine

Course #

Course Title

Credits

PHAS 6300

Family Medicine & Primary Care

3

PHAS 6320

Maternal & Child Medicine

4

PHAS 6340

Internal Medicine

4

PHAS 6350

Emergency & Surgical Medicine

4

Total: 15 Credits

 

Interpersonal Skills and Professionalism

Course #

Course Title

Credits

PHAS 6400

Role of the PA

2

PHAS 6420

Case Studies in Medical Ethics

1

Total: 3 Credits

 

Patient Care: Clinical Skills

Course #

Course Title

Credits

PHAS 6500

Clinical Skills I

3

PHAS 6520

Clinical Skills II

3

PHAS 6530

Clinical Skills III

3

PHAS 6560

Technical Skills I

3

PHAS 6570

Technical Skills II

3

PHAS 7560

Simulated Interactive Medicine

5

Total: 20 Credits

 

Patient Care: Clinical Practice

Course #

Course Title

Credits

PHAS 7500

SCPE in Behavioral & Mental Health

5

PHAS 7510

SCPE in Family Medicine & Primary Care

5

PHAS 7530

SCPE in Medicine & Long Term Care (or)

5

PHAS 7535

SCPE in Medicine & Rehabilitative Care (or)

*

PHAS 7538

SCPE in Medicine & Infectious Disease

*

PHAS 7540

SCPE in Pediatrics

5

PHAS 7550

SCPE in Women’s Health

5

PHAS 8500

SCPE in Emergency Medicine

5

PHAS 8510

SCPE in Internal Medicine

5

PHAS 8520

SCPE in Surgery

5

PHAS 8530

SCPE in Urgent Care, Adult (or)

5

PHAS 8535

SCPE in Urgent Care, Pediatrics

*

PHAS 8540

SCPE in Clerkship I (or)

5

PHAS 8545

SCPE in Clerkship II

*

Total: 50 Credits

 

Practice-Based Learning: Clinical Reasoning

Course #

Course Title

Credits

PHAS 7710

Clinical Reasoning & Problem Solving I

2

PHAS 7720

Clinical Reasoning & Problem Solving II

2

PHAS 8710

Clinical Reasoning & Problem Solving III

2

Total: 6 Credits

 

Practice-Based Learning: Research

Course #

Course Title

Credits

PHAS 6600

Analysis of Evidence Based Literature

1

PHAS 7600

Research I: Research Methods

2

PHAS 7620

Research II: Study Designs

2

PHAS 7630

Research III: Data Collection & Analysis

2

PHAS 7640

Research IV: Results & Conclusion

2

PHAS 8650

Research Project

5

Total: 14 Credits

 

System-Based Practice

Course #

Course Title

Credits

PHAS 6810

Public Health & Healthcare Delivery Systems

2

PHAS 7810

Global Practice of Medicine

1

PHAS 8810

Health Law & Professional Concepts

2

Total: 5 Credits