PAS-522: Family Medicine Clinical Course

This is a required 6-week clinical practice experience for second-year PA students, which focuses on the role of the physician assistant student in an outpatient ambulatory care family practice setting under the supervision of a clinical site preceptor or their designee(s). During the didactic year, medical knowledge and clinical skills gained will be applied to develop clinical reasoning through evidence-based approaches to evaluate and manage common medical problems and issues encountered in family practice medicine. PA students will also work to incorporate a collaborative patient-centered, humanistic approach to the care of family practice patients, which involves the patient and, when appropriate, the parent or guardian in education and counseling. PA students will gain experience and become efficient and effective in the evaluation, treatment, management, and prevention, including referrals, of common acute and chronic diseases and emergent conditions encountered in a diverse family practice population, ranging from infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients. Prerequisite: Successful completion of Didactic Year in PA Program. [ 6 credits ]