Academic Calendar

The Physician Assistant Program is 27 months in length and consists of a 15-month didactic phase, followed immediately by a 12-month clinical learning phase.  Each new class of students starts the program in the winter quarter of each year.  The start date for the next class will be early to mid-January.  Specific quarter dates and holidays will be given during the PA program orientation.  The academic calendar is listed below.

 

Didactic Phase (15 months)

 

Winter Quarter (January – March)
Gross Anatomy (6 quarter credits)
Human Physiology (3 quarter credits)
Health Assessment and Physical Examination (6 quarter credits)
Professional Issues (2 quarter credits)

 

Spring Quarter (April – June)
Medical Pathology and Genetics (4 quarter credits)
Essentials of Radiology and Electrocardiography (3 quarter credits)
Clinical Assessment and Management I (6 quarter credits)
Pharmacotherapeutics I (3 quarter credits)
Clinical Laboratory Medicine (2 quarter credits)
Behavioral Science Concepts (1 quarter credit)

 

Summer Quarter (June – September)
Essentials of Cardiology (2 quarter credits)
Women’s Health (3 quarter credits)
Clinical Assessment and Management II (6 quarter credits)
Pharmacotherapeutics II (3 quarter credits)
Public Health (3 quarter credits)
Medical Wellness (2 quarter credits)

 

Fall Quarter (October – December)
Clinical Pediatrics (3 quarter credits)
Emergency Medicine (4 quarter credits)
Clinical Assessment and Management III (5 quarter credits)
Pharmacotherapeutics III (2 quarter credits)
Neuroanatomy and Diseases of the Neurological System (3 quarter credits)
Evidence Based Medicine (2 quarter credits)

 

Winter Quarter (January – March)
Clinical Geriatrics (3 quarter credits)
Fundamentals of Surgery (5 quarter credits)
Health Care Ethics and Law (1 quarter credit)
Research Design and Methodology (1 quarter credit)
Didactic Summative Evaluation (4 quarter credits)

 

Clinical Phase (12 months)

 

Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter Quarters (April – March) 
Clinical Rotation in Internal Medicine (9 quarter credits)
Clinical Rotation in Surgery (9 quarter credits)
Clinical Rotation in Family Medicine/Geriatrics (9 quarter credits)
Clinical Rotation in Emergency Medicine (9 quarter credits)
Clinical Rotation in Women’s Health (9 quarter credits)
Clinical Rotation in Pediatrics (9 quarter credits)
Clinical Rotation in Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine (9 quarter credits)
Clinical Rotation in Elective Discipline (9 quarter credits)
Capstone Research Project (3 quarter credits)
Clinical Summative Review (3 quarter credits)