The School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM
The Physician Assistant Department offers a Bachelor of Sciences
Degree (B.S.) in Physician Assistant. The Physician Assistant Program
constitutes the professional preparation for students desiring to
become physician assistants. Graduates of the program will be prepared
to deliver primary health care services to diverse patient populations
with acute to chronic medical and surgical conditions in both rural
and urban communities. The four-year course of study is comprised
of a two-year Pre-Professional Phase and a 24-month Professional
Phase. Upon successful completion of the prerequisite courses in
the Pre-Professional Phase, students will be qualified to apply
for entry into the Professional Phase. Entry into the Professional
Program is competitive and not guaranteed. UMES students receive
Professional Program entry preference. Upon graduation, physician
assistants are eligible to take a national certification examination
developed by the National Commission on Certification of Physician
Assistants (NCCPA) in conjunction with the National Board of Medical
Examiners.
The UMES Physician Assistant Department is applying for provisional
accreditation through the Accreditation Review Committee on Education
for the Physician Assistant, Inc., (ARC-PA), of the Commission on
Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, (CAAHEP). The
University agrees not to matriculate students into the Professional
Program curriculum until accreditation is granted.
I. General Education Requirements —48 credits
A. Curriculum Area I-Arts & Humanities —9 credits
Course No. Title
ENGL 203 Speech —3
Two courses from any of the following disciplines —6
ARTS: Arts 101, MUSI 100, MUSI 101, MUSI 109, MUSI 310H
History: HIST 201, HIST 202, HIST 333, HIST 334, HIST 341 HIST
360
LANGUAGES: FREN 101 AND FREN 102, GERM 101 and GERM 102, SPAN
102
LITERATURE: ENGL 211, ENGL 212, ENGL 315 or ENGL 315H, ENGL
324, ENGL 360, ENGL 403
B. Curriculum Area II-Social and Behavioral Sciences 6 credits
Course No. Title
SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology —3
PSYC 200 Introduction to Psychology I —3
C. Curriculum Area III-Biological and Physical Sciences —12
credits
Course No. Title
BIOL 101 General Zoology— 4
BIOL 301 Microbiology —4
CHEM 111 Principles of Chemistry I —4
D. Curriculum Area IV-Mathematics —6 credits
Course No. Title
MATH 110 Trigonometry and Analytical Geometry —3
MATH 210 Elementary Statistics —3
E. Curriculum Area V-English Composition —9 credits
Course No. Title
ENGL 101 Basic Composition I —3
ENGL 102 Basic Composition II —3
ENGL 305/H or
ENGL 310 Advanced Composition or Technical Writing —3
F. Curriculum Area VI-Emerging Issues —6 credits
Course No. Title
EDHE 111 Personalized Health Fitness —3
PHAS 201 Introduction to Physician Assistant —1
PHAS 201 Medical Terminology —1
GNST 100 First-Year Experience —1
II. Physician Assistant Core Courses
Courses No. Title
PHAS 300 Advanced Anatomy —3
PHAS 301 Advanced Physiology —3
PHAS 302 Clinical Chemistry —3
PHAS 303 Clinical Laboratory Procedures —2
PHAS 304 Clinical Medicine I —3
PHAS 305 Clinical Medicine II —3
PHAS 306 Clinical Medicine III —3
PHAS 307 Clinical Medicine IV —3
PHAS 308 Community Health & Epidemiology —2
PHAS 309 Health Care Ethics and Law —2
PHAS 310 Nutrition —2
PHAS 311 Pathophysiology —3
PHAS 312 Pharmacology I —3
PHAS 313 Pharmacology II —3
PHAS 314 Physician Assistant Role —1
PHAS 315 Physical Diagnosis I —2
PHAS 316 Physical Diagnosis II —2
PHAS 317 Physical Diagnosis III —2
PHAS 400 *Clerkship I —15
PHAS 401 *Clerkship II —15
PHAS 402 *Clerkship III —15
PHAS 403 Clinical Transition I —1
PHAS 404 Clinical Transition II —1
PHAS 405 Clinical Transition III —1
Total —93
III. Supportive Core Requirements
Course No. Title
CSDP 150 Word Processing Workshop —1
CSDP 151 Special Software —1
CHEM 112 Principles of Chemistry II —4
BIOL Introductory Anatomy & Physiology —4
CHEM 332 Biochemistry —4
TOTAL PROGRAM REQUIRED CREDITS —155
Science and Mathematics Courses must have been completed within
the last seven years
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Recommended Course Sequence
FRESHMAN YEAR
Fall Semester Hours
AREA I Arts and Humanities —3
CHEM 111 Principles of Chemistry I —4
CSDP 150 Word Processing Workshop—1
ENGL 101 Basic Composition I—3
MATH 110 Trig & Analytical Geometry —3
PSYC 100 Adjust in Today's World —1
Semester Total —15
Spring Semester Hours
ENGL 102 Basic Composition II— 3
CSDP 151 Special Software Workshop —1
CHEM 112 Principles of Chemistry II —4
BIOL 111 General Zoology —4
SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology —3
Semester Total —15
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Fall Semester Hours
AREA I Arts and Humanities —3
EDHE 111 Personalized Health Fitness —3
BIOL 301 Microbiology —4
CHEM 211 Biochemistry —4
PHAS 200 Intro to Physician Assistant —1
Semester Total —15
Spring Semester Hours
AREA V English Composition (305/H or 310) —3
BIOL 232 Introductory Anatomy & Physiology —4
MATH 210 Elementary Statistics —3
ENGL 203 Fund of Contemporary Speech —3
PHAS 201 Medical Terminology —1
PSYC 200 Introduction to Psychology —3
Semester Total —17
Summer Semester Hours
PHAS 300 Advanced Anatomy —3
PHAS 301 Advanced Physiology —3
PHAS 302 Clinical Chemistry —3
PHAS 315 Physical Diagnosis I —2
PHAS 303 Clinical Laboratory Procedures —2
Semester Total —13
JUNIOR YEAR
Fall Semester Hours
PHAS 304 Clinical Medicine I —3
PHAS 305 Clinical Medicine II —3
PHAS 316 Physical Diagnosis II —2
PHAS 314 Physician Assistant Role —1
PHAS 311 Pathophysiology —3
PHAS 312 Pharmacology I —3
Semester Total —15
Winter Semester Hours
PHAS 308 Comm. Health & Epidemiology —2
Semester Total —2
Spring Semester Hours
PHAS 306 Clinical Medicine III —3
PHAS 307 Clinical Medicine IV —3
PHAS 313 Pharmacology II —3
PHAS 317 Physical Diagnosis III —2
PHAS 310 Nutrition —2
PHAS 309 Health Ethics Law —2
Semester Total —15
SENIOR YEAR
Summer Semester Hours
PHAS 400 Clerkship I —15
PHAS 403 Clinical Transition I —1
Semester Total —16
Fall Semester Hours
PHAS 401 Clerkship II —15
PHAS 404 Clinical Transition II —1
Semester Total —16
Spring Semester Hours
PHAS 402 Clerkship III —15
PHAS 405 Clinical Transition III —1
Semester Total —16
Total Minimum Credits Required —155
Clerkships: Internal Medicine (5), Pediatrics (5), Surgery
(5), Psychiatry (5), Emergency Medical (5), Obstetrics and Gynecology
(5), Family Practice I & II (5), Elective (5), and Clinical Transition.
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