Family Medicine Supervised Clinical Practice Experience

Catalog description

This core clinical rotation provides students with exposure to the principles and practice of family medicine. This supervised clinical practice experience (SCPE) enables students to assess patients seeking medical care across the lifespan, emphasizing caring for acutely and chronically ill patients in an outpatient primary care medical setting. It fosters a comprehensive understanding of family medicine through exposure to a wide array of medical conditions and diverse patient populations. By actively engaging in assessing, diagnosing, and managing family medicine patients, students will develop the clinical acumen necessary to address the complex healthcare needs of patients across the lifespan that are essential to providing care as an entry-level physician assistant upon graduation. Prerequisite Course(s): Registration is limited to students matriculated in the MS Physician Assistant Studies program who have successfully completed the Didactic phase and have completed 55 credits.