Curriculum
The ISU PA Program Graduate Curriculum is twenty-four (24) months in length, divided into twelve (12) months of didactic (3 semesters) and twelve (12) months of clinical education (3 semesters), totaling 120 graduate-level credits for completion.
The Didactic Curriculum is comprised of foundation courses in the fall semester, followed in the spring and summer semesters by modules that provide an immersive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases commonly encountered in primary care medicine.
Clinical Year Rotation goals are designed to meet the needs of the student and to address the ARC-PA accreditation standards. The Clinical Year staff places students in eight rotations which best address PA student educational objectives and at sites which promote continued, quality, preceptor relations with the ISU PA Program.
There are seven required content areas:
- Internal Medicine
- Outpatient Medicine
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Pediatrics
- Emergency Medicine
- Surgery
- Psychiatry
One rotation will be an elective. Students are expected to travel during the clinical year and will pay for the expenses incurred for this travel.
Medical Spanish elective offerings available to MPAS students:
The Department of Languages and Literatures, in cooperation with the Division of Health Sciences, has created a new cooperative, interdisciplinary major in Spanish for the Health Professions (SHP), as well as a SHP graduate certificate. The hybrid undergraduate degree and graduate certificate are designed to increase graduate marketability and to better serve the health care needs of our state, region, and country.
Matriculated PA students may take individual SHP courses or pursue a Graduate Certificate in SHP. Dr. Helen Tarp, Director of the SHP Program, has a joint appointment with the Department of Languages and Literature and the Department of PAS. She teaches regularly scheduled Spanish courses for PAS students during the Didactic Year as well as other Spanish coursework in the Literature and Languages Department.
For course descriptions and additional information, visit the Idaho State University's Graduate Catalog.
