Didactic Curriculum
The MPAS Program didactic year (professional phase - year 01) is designed on the medical model to prepare students to become primary care clinicians. The three-semester curriculum is built around core courses in clinical medicine (CM), anatomy and physiology (A&P), history-taking/physical exam (H&P) and pharmacology. Other courses of study include infectious disease, behavioral medicine, emergency medicine, clinical skills, surgery, well child, public health and research methods. As part of applied anatomy and physiology, gross anatomy utilizes cadaver dissection to complement lecture presentation. On average, didactic (first-year professional phase) students are in class from 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM (M-F) with occassional weekend responsibilities. Please note, the Program does not grant any type of advanced placement for course within the professional phase. The didactic curriculum is as follows:
SUMMER SEMESTER | FALL SEMESTER | SPRING SEMESTER |
DESCRIPTION | CR | DESCRIPTION | CR | DESCRIPTION | CR |
Phya 440 | A&P I | 2 | Phya 441 | A&P II | 2 | Phya 442 | A&P III | 2 |
Phya 450 | Clinical Medicine I | 4 | Phya 451 | CM II | 5 | Phya 452 | CM III | 5 |
Phya 460 | H&P I | 3 | Phya 461 | H&P II | 3 | Phya 462 | H&P III | 3 |
Phya 470 | Pharmacology I | 2 | Phya 471 | Pharm II | 2 | Phya 472 | Pharm III | 2 |
Phya 491 | Hist Taking/Pt Ed Skills | 2 | Phya 480 | BM I | 2 | Phya 481 | Behavioral Med II | 1 |
Phya 503 | Research Methods | 3 | Phya 493 | Infectious Disease | 1 | Phya 490 | Intro US Health Care | 1 |
| | | 16 | Phya 494 | Clinical Skills | 2 | Phya 492 | Well Child | 2 |
| | | | Phya 495 | Public Health | 1 | Phya 496 | Emergency Med | 2 |
| | | | | | 18 | | | 18 |