Curriculum: Physician Assistant Master's Program
Department of Physician Assistant
Enhance your physician assistant professional developement through the PA-Professional Master's Program.
All students in the Post-professional Master’s Program complete a total of 45 quarter credits for graduation. Twenty five (25) credits are required core courses, and 20 credits are devoted to the individual student's area of study from one of the study tracks and the capstone project course.
PLAN OF STUDY
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Required Core Courses
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Credits
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Research Methods and Designs
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5
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Principles of Evidence-Based Practice
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5
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Clinical Applications of Epidemiology
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5
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Health Policy
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5
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Leadership and Stewardship
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5
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Study Concentration Courses
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Credits
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Cognate 1
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5
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Cognate 2
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5
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Cognate 3
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5
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Capstone Project
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5
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Total quarter credits
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45
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Study Tracks for the Physician Assistant Post-professional Master’s Program
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Clinical Practice
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Credits
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Cognate 1
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PA 641
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Clinical update
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5
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Cognate 2
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PA 642
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Clinical colloquium
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5
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Cognate 3
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PA 643
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Clinical practice project research
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5
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Project
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PA 698
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Capstone project
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5
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| Health Promotion |
Credits
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Cognate 1
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PA 661
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Tenets of health promotion
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5
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Cognate 2
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PA 662
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Health promotion materials
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5
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Cognate 3
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PA 663
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Health promotion project research
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5
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Project
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PA 698
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Capstone project
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5
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Drexel e-Learning Certificate Options
(Please note tuition rates for certificate courses vary by program and college sponsoring the courses – refer to the links for each certificate program for details.)
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Alternate Pathway
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Credits
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Cognate 1
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5
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Cognate 2
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5
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PA 695 Portfolio Preparation
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1
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PA 696 Portfolio Review
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5-10
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For the exceptional graduate student with significant, professional accomplishments achieved in the role of a physician assistant, preparation and presentation of the professional portfolio to a University-based multidisciplinary committee may substitute for all or portions of the credits required for the project research and capstone project courses.