Clinical Year Capstone

Catalog description

The Clinical Year Capstone Course is divided into three separate and distinct modules, each with their own specific intent. Module one consists of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and the Written Comprehensive Exam. These exams comply with the program’s summative assessment requirement of the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). Module two encompasses the clinical preparatory call back day lectures and small group exercises covering issues related to clinical practice including quality assurance, legal issues in PA employment, risk management, managing legal risk, medical error, medical coding and billing and career day. Module three is a preventive and chronic disease module designed to increase the Physician Assistant student’s knowledge and appreciation for the medical and behavioral health management of virtual patients as they move through the chronic disease process. This includes developing the necessary cultural awareness and humility to provide medical care to patients from diverse populations. Students will work on Aquifer Virtual Patient Cases which are applicable to the successful management of chronic conditions.