Physician Assistant Studies
Physician assistants are health professionals licensed to practice medicine with a physician’s supervision. Physician assistants provide a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services in primary care, specialty care, and medical and surgical practice, in rural and urban areas. They focus on patient care and may also work in educational, research and administrative positions.WHY COME TO MARQUETTE FOR PA STUDIES? As a freshman, you’ll be admitted directly into the Biomedical Sciences degree program as a pre-PA, and have the opportunity to graduate with both a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Science and if accepted into the program, a Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies in as little as five years.
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BE PREPARED TO WORK ANYWHERE. You’ll learn in the heart of the city, and you’ll be prepared to work in metropolitan hospitals and clinics as well as in rural areas. Marquette has teaching affiliations with all of the major health care systems in the metro-Milwaukee area, and a broad range of clinical internship options.
Students in the professional phase of the Physician Assistant Studies Program encounter rigorous health science instruction in the Biomedical Sciences as well as clinical instruction in clinical medicine, emergency medicine and surgery.
During your final year of study, you’ll work full time with practicing physician assistants and physicians during your clinical internship rotations in pediatrics, family practice, internal medicine, surgery and emergency medicine. And you can choose to add specialty rotations to customize your degree in areas such as orthopedics, surgical subspecialties or internal medicine subspecialties.
WHY PURSUE A CAREER AS A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT? There are excellent career opportunities in most areas of medicine and surgery. Physician Assistant is currently considered to be one of the fastest growing professions in the United States. The income potential is excellent.
Be able to work in a variety of medical settings, with a broad range of skills and responsibilities including diagnosing and treating illnesses, prescribing medications, and teaching patients how to improve their health.
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Suggested curriculum
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Pre-Professional Phase
Completed during first three years
- YEAR ONE
- Rhetoric and Composition I & II
- General Biology I & II
- General Psychology
- Histories of Cultures and Societies Elective
- Diverse Cultures/Histories of
- Cultures and Societies Elective
- Introduction to Theology
- General Chemistry I & II
- YEAR TWO
- Human Microanatomy
- Literature/Performing Arts Elective
- Philosophy of Human Nature
- Statistics
- Theology Elective
- Theory of Ethics
- Literature/Performing Arts Elective
- Culture, Health & Illness
- Organic Chemistry I & II
- Elective
- YEAR THREE
- Biochemistry
- General Pathology
- Human Gross Anatomy
- Human Physiology
- Microbiology
- Microbiology Lab
- Molecular Pathology
- Functional Neuroanatomy
- Nutritional Aspects of Health
- Ethics and Diversity in Healthcare
- Applied Clinical Ethics
Professional Phase
SUMMER SESSION
- Diagnostics Technology
- Evidence-based Medicine
- Introduction to Medical History and Physical Examination
- Professional Issues
- Introduction to Primary Medicine
- YEAR FOUR
- Pharmacology
- Primary Medicine I & II
- Health Care Systems
- Clinical Decision Making I & II
- Emergency Medicine I
- Interpersonal Aspects of Patient Care
- Pediatrics I
- Surgical Principles and Procedures
- Women's Health
- Geriatric Medicine
- Clinical Pharmacology
- Clinical Procedures
- (a bachelor of science degree with a major in biomedical sciences is awarded after this year)
- YEAR FIVE
- Master's Capstone Project
- THREE EIGHT-WEEK CLERKSHIPS
- Clinical Family Practice
- Clinical Internal Medicine
- Clinical Emergency Medicine
- TWO FOUR-WEEK CLERKSHIP
- Clinical Pediatrics
- Clinical General Surgery
- THREE ELECTIVE FOUR-WEEK CLERKSHIPS
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