Additional emphasis will be on the intricacies of prescribing medication to specialized populations. In the last of the Clinical Medicine series, students will continue to expand the breadth of medical knowledge required to practice medicine through a problem-oriented approach. An in-depth examination of orthopaedics, rheumatology, neurology, endocrinology, and infectious disease will promote further understanding of the epidemiology, precipitating factors, etiology, risk factors, pathogenesis, pathophysiology, clinical presentation and manifestations, red flags, diagnostics, clinical intervention, management of diseases and disorders, clinical pearls, and differential diagnoses relevant to these specialties.
Continues to focus on relevant history and physical examination skills needed to assess the musculoskeletal and neurologic systems. Additionally, students will have a comprehensive survey regarding clinical assessment nuances for special patient populations, including pediatric infants, children, and adolescents and geriatric age groups. Allows students to coalesce regional and population-specific history and physical exam techniques into a comprehensive history and physical required for preventive, well-person encounters.
Underlying emphasis will also be placed on the development of non-cognitive interpersonal and professionalism skills. Continues to hone the student's critical thinking skills to support a successful transition to a healthcare provider. Using similar pedagogies and principles as PA and PA , the course explores clinical manifestations commonly encountered in orthopaedics, rheumatology, neurology, endocrinology, and infectious disease. Additionally, the course supports collaborative interprofessional team-based practice through classroom study and clinical application.
Principles of pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative care, providing in-depth instruction across the continuum of surgical care. The core curriculum will survey pre-operative assessment of surgical risk and planning, surgical techniques for first assistants, operative treatment of disease, and common principles relating to post-operative care. Aspiring healthcare providers must develop a solid understanding of the principles of disease prevention, surveillance, reporting, and intervention.
Thus, students will be introduced to core public health concepts to inform clinical practice and benefit both community and society as a whole. The core focus will be on the frameworks underpinning public health systems, patient advocacy, and population health maintenance. Explores the interrelated facets of social and behavioral sciences to understand the social determinants of health more fully. Provides students with the fundamental concepts and skills required to perform common clinical procedures based on current practice standards.
Students will receive knowledge of key indications, contraindications, risks, and benefits of procedural skills often performed in various practice settings.
A basic review of the appropriate anatomy and physiology will be included. The laboratory environment will provide students an opportunity to perform and practice these procedures. Leads students to investigate the current trends and issues facing contemporary PA practice. Professional development topics, such as interprofessional team-based approaches to healthcare; palliative and end-of-life care; patient education and counseling; and the business aspects of healthcare are foundational issues in practice and will be considered accordingly.
Students will also delve into various elements of personal and professional wellness, including impairment and burnout. Lastly, the knowledge to provide medical care to a diverse patient population will be secondarily underpinned by understanding patient backgrounds, disabilities, and other social determinants of health.
Course content will culminate with the retrospective analysis of previous non-cognitive skill development over the didactic year through previous service-based learning opportunities. Students will learn to seamlessly coalesce the most up-to-date scientific literature with clinician experience and patient values to provide true evidence-based medical care.
Emphasis on formulating research questions, interpreting biostatistical methods, and distinguishing types of sampling methods. Uses various medical databases and recognizes medical research limits through critical appraisal. Aids students in preparing to apply evidence-based medicine to their clinical practices. Prerequisite: Admission to Physician Assistant Students program. Introduces psychiatry and behavioral health as encountered in various medical settings through an integrative approach.
Recognition of mental illness will be taught through history and physical exam. In contrast, treatment will be primarily explored through a problem-based approach, emphasizing health promotion and counseling. Explores the female patient's reproductive and gynecological health.
Gender-specific history and physical exam techniques are presented as foundational principles of women's health. Encompasses the patient education and counseling unique to women's health. Approaches the care of infants, children, and adolescents through a population-based module focusing on pediatric issues. Addresses the etiology, epidemiology, genetics considerations, clinical signs and symptoms, physical exam findings, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis for significant pediatric population problems.
Emphasis will also be upon the evaluation of human growth and development through the recognition of milestones. Anticipatory guidance, preventive care, and vaccinations will be thoroughly discussed as integral components of pediatric healthcare. Clinical reasoning and problem solving will be reinforced through case-based study. Emphasis is on the priority of stabilizing patients with life-threatening trauma or illness and selecting appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic measures.
Unique challenges in treating patients in this setting will also be discussed. Prerequisites: Admission to the Physician Assistant Studies program; completion of the didactic phase of the PA program and admission to the clinical phase. Capstone I project will be based on a developed research proposal that is selected from a menu of potential approaches, such as a traditional quasi-experimental study, an evidence-based medicine question, a case report, and a comprehensive literature review.
The student will formally present the findings to the University community during the Capstone II course. This course takes place during the clinical phase and involves students meeting with the course coordinator and advisor periodically throughout the phase. This is the first in a series in which preparation occurs for successful completion of the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination PANCE , necessary for entering medical practice.
Strategies for successful study and successful completion of board-style examinations, as well as an intense overview of medical knowledge to help prepare for the PANCE. Covers the cardiovascular system; dermatologic system; endocrine system; eyes; ears, nose, and throat systems. A review of history taking and physical examination while incorporating diagnostic and laboratory studies to formulate the most likely diagnosis will also occur.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Physician Assistant Studies program; completion of the didactic phase of the PA program and admission to the clinical phase; passing mark in PA This is the second in the series in which preparation occurs for successful completion of the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination PANCE , necessary for entering medical practice.
It will also further review the management of patients, health maintenance, patient education, and preventative measures. Prerequisites: Admission to the Physician Assistant Studies program; completion of the didactic phase of the PA program and admission to the clinical phase; PA Each student will present the results of individual projects submitted in Capstone I to demonstrate an understanding of the program and profession's principles in mastering evidence-based medicine and medical research abilities.
This capstone project will need to be clearly presented, organized, and succinctly defended. This is the conclusion of the series in which preparation occurs for successful completion of the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination PANCE , necessary for entering medical practice. It will further review clinical intervention, pharmaceutical therapies, and the application of basic scientific concepts while in clinical practice. Jason Huddleston Assistant Professor. Our adjunct faculty bring outstanding professional experience to our programs.
Many are industry leaders with decorated careers and honors. Importantly, they are innovative educators who offer hands-on learning to our students to prepare them to enter and thrive in a dynamic, and oftentimes emerging, industry and professional world. They inspire, instruct, and challenge our students toward academic and professional success. The following information applies to the admissions cycle. Professional healthcare clinicians are challenged in environments that demand certain abilities, behaviors, and skills.
The Physician Assistant must have the knowledge and skills to function in a broad variety of clinical situations and to render a wide spectrum of patient care. Students must be able to integrate all information received by whatever sense s employed, consistently, quickly, and accurately, and they must have the intellectual ability to learn, integrate, analyze, and synthesize data.
A student for the Physician Assistant profession must have abilities and skills including observation, communication, intellectual, motor, conceptual, integrative, and quantitative, and behavioral and social. To be eligible to enroll in the program, the student must be able to perform these skills and behaviors successfully either unassisted, with dependable use of reasonable assistive devices, or by employing another reasonable accommodation.
The following descriptions define the capabilities expected from an individual to successfully complete the Middle Tennessee State University Physician Assistant Studies Program. The PA student must possess the skills related to critical thinking, communication, gross motor dexterity, fine motor coordination, interpersonal skills, observational abilities, and social skills in an individual, group, classroom, laboratory, or other educational setting.
The student is expected to possess functional use of the senses of vision, touch, hearing, taste, and smell. All data received by the senses must be integrated, analyzed, and synthesized in a consistent and accurate manner.
In addition, the student is expected to possess the ability to perceive pain, pressure, temperature, position, equilibrium, and movement. The student must be able to effectively perform and function in settings that are solitary, small group, large groups, social environments, public space, or even very large classroom settings without disruption of other students, patients, faculty, or staff.
The student must be able to function and remain calm within stressful situations while maintaining a calm temperament. The student must be able to attend classes and laboratory sessions, travel to and be present for all supervised clinical practice experiences which may include overnight call and be present for examination and testing.
The PA student is expected to participate in and observe demonstrations and experiments in the basic and health sciences including but not limited to physiologic and pharmacological demonstrations in animals, microbiological cultures, microscopic study of organisms and tissues in normal and pathologic states, human cadaver dissection, and medical procedures.
Inherent in this observation process is the use of the visual, auditory, tactile, and olfactory sensations and sufficient motor capability to carry out the necessary assessment activities. These skills including the ability to inspect, palpate, percuss, and auscultate accurately during the physical examination. The PA student must be able to effectively hear, understand, speak, and observe patients to elicit history and other information necessary to interact with patients, students, faculty, and staff.
The student must be able to perceive nonverbal communication and cues, describe patient mood or changes, describe posture and appearance, and to interpret and describe patient activity and behavior.
The student must be able to communicate in verbal, written, typed, and electronic manner that is effective, efficient, and sensitive and in the English language. The student must be able to receive and give communication effectively to others in a professional manner. The student is expected to give oral presentations in small and large group settings. The student must be able to interact, communicate, and understand other students, clinicians, faculty, patients, and their families to respond appropriately and in a timely fashion.
The PA student must possess and demonstrate the physical, emotional, intellectual, compassionate, and ethical capabilities required to undertake the full curriculum at normal pace with an on-time completion.
The student must be able to learn, retain, and recall information and make a reasoned decision in a timely fashion. The student must be able to achieve a competent level of critical thinking and reasoning required to function in an entry level PA position. To achieve this level, the student must be able to perform in areas of reasoning, measurement, analysis, interpretation, synthesis, calculation, and deduction.
In addition, the student should be able to comprehend three-dimensional relationships and understand the spatial relationships of structures. These skills must be evident in dealing with other students, faculty, staff, patients, patient families, and other health care professionals.
Critical thinking and problem solving, while in stressful situations, are necessary to complete the program. The PA student must be able to establish and maintain appropriate relationships in a professional manner with other students, faculty, staff, health care professionals, patients, as well as patient families.
This will encompass possessing the maturity and emotional health necessary to function within the healthcare and educational environments while achieving full utilization of his or her abilities, intellectual function, sound judgement, sensory input, critical thinking, and promptness. The student must be able to demonstrate compassion, empathy, responsibility and tolerance towards patients, families, faculty, staff, other students, and colleagues. The interaction with patients and the demands of the health care and educational environments while in training and practice require strength, coordination, and endurance of sufficient nature.
The PA student should have sufficient fine and gross motor coordination to function within the patient care and educational environments that may include clutter, equipment, tables, family members, stairs, textbooks, supplies, and distractions. This includes the ability to ambulate, stand for long periods, concentrate, balance, interact, assist in movement, use of medical instruments, use of electronic devices, positioning of patients, and lifting of heavy objects.
Please feel free to reach out to any of our faculty or staff with questions. We're here to help. Please note that the Bethel University Physician Assistant Program meets the requirements for professional licensure in Tennessee as well as all states recognize all accredited programs. Call or send us an email.
Physician Assistant Program College of Health Sciences Bethel's physician assistant studies program graduates go on to be compassionate healthcare professionals who practice medicine within an ethical framework grounded in Christian principles. Meet the Faculty and Staff Please feel free to reach out to any of our faculty or staff with questions. Becoming a physician assistant can open up lots of opportunities to work alongside doctors in a variety of health care settings without having to go to medical school.
While the training is rigorous and the programs are competitive, this growing field offers lots of opportunities that appeal to many people interested in working in health care. The following information will prove useful to anyone who is interested in becoming a physician assistant in Tennessee. In addition to having the proper degrees and certification, a physician assistant also must be available to be on-call at all times unless prior arrangements have been made.
This includes evenings, nights and weekends. Because the job entails a great deal of direct patient contact, good communication skills are especially helpful in this field. These programs include classroom and lab training along with hundreds of hours of supervised clinical training.
The Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination serves as certification that allows a person to work in this field. There are several schools that offer physician assistant programs in TN. Trevecca Nazarene University, located in Nashville, is a private university. Christian Brothers, another private school, is also in Nashville.
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