MS in Physician Assistant Studies - East Falls & New Jersey
At a Glance
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Contact
443 Laurel Oak Road, 2nd Floor
Voorhees, NJ 08043
Curriculum
Jefferson - East Falls or New Jersey Campus
The Program spans 25 months. This curriculum has been carefully sequenced to build upon concepts in order to facilitate learning. The didactic phase is approximately one year in length. The clinical phase is also approximately 1 year in length and includes 9 five-week clinical rotations, the Transition to the Clinical Year and the Master’s Comprehensive Experience courses.
Successful completion of the Physician Assistant Program includes:
- Completing all required courses and rotations
- Maintaining a 3.0 grade point average
- Successfully passing Summary Testing
- Meeting all standards listed in the Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) Graduate Catalog and Physician Assistant Handbooks
Graduates from this program have historically scored very well on the national certification exam and enjoy a high job placement rate upon completion.
The curriculum is delivered using a variety of educational modalities to include live lectures as well as simulcasted lectured from the opposite campus, small group work, workshops and labs, live Zoom lectures and pre-recorded lectures.
Didactic Phase, Year 1 (51 Didactic Total Credits)
| Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|
| Advanced Human Anatomy A | 2 |
| Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|
| Advanced Human Anatomy B | 3 |
| Medicine I | 7 |
| Patient Care and Clinical Reasoning I | 5 |
| Principles of PA Practice I | 4 |
| Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|
| Medicine II | 8 |
| Patient Care and Clinical Reasoning II | 5 |
| Principles of PA Practice II | 3.5 |
| Diagnostic Medicine | 2 |
| Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|
| Medicine III | 6 |
| Patient Care and Clinical Reasoning III | 3 |
| Principles of PA Practice III | 1.5 |
| Pharmacotherapeutics Seminar | 1 |
Clinical Phase, Year 2 (62 Clinical Total Credits)
| Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|
| Transition to the Clinical Year course | 6 |
| Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|
| Internal medicine | 6 |
| Pediatrics | 6 |
| Women’s Health | 6 |
| Psychiatry/Mental Health | 6 |
| Surgery | 6 |
| Emergency Medicine | 6 |
| Primary Care 1 (Family Medicine) | 6 |
| Primary Care 2 | 6 |
| Elective | 6 |
| PA Master's Comprehensive Experience I | 1 |
| PA Master's Comprehensive Experience II | 1 |