关于本专业
People who succeed as physician assistants enjoy direct patient contact, 对医学有热情, 拥抱挑战. Physician assistants are highly qualified licensed health care professionals who practice medicine with physician supervision. Physician assistants participate in a demanding academic and clinical curriculum that prepares them for the complexities of their career. Physician assistants are trained to elicit medical histories, 进行身体检查, 安排和解释诊断研究, perform clinical procedures and formulate patient treatment and management plans.
Physician assistants practice in all areas of medicine and surgery. Opportunities exist in primary care practices, 医学专科实践, general surgery practices and surgical sub-specialty practices. Physician assistants work in various settings including inpatient, 门诊, 养老院, 紧急护理中心和急诊室.
Although physician assistants can be found in all areas of medicine and surgery, the physician assistant program at SUNY 推荐最近最火的赌博软件 has a focus on primary care in medically underserved and rural areas of 推荐最近最火的赌博软件 New York.
快速增长的行业
The physician assistant profession is one of the fastest growing professions in the United States today. 毕业 from an accredited physician assistant program and passage of the national certification exam are required for state licensure. 认证考试, developed by the National Commission on Certification of PAs, is usually taken by students within the first few weeks of graduation. 维持他们的国家认证, PAs must log 100 hours of continuing medical education credits every two years and pass the national recertification exam every ten years.
项目概述
This full-time program encompasses twenty seven months. The first fifteen months consist of didactic training, 特别强调基础科学, 药理学, 临床医学, 面试技巧, 物理诊断, 诊断研究, 专业, 伦理与研究方法. The remaining twelve months consist of eleven four-week clinical rotations where students practice medicine in a supervised medical setting. 临床轮转包括:家庭医学, 内科医学, 行为科学, 急诊医学, 普通外科, 长期护理, 妇女的健康, 儿科, 还有两个选择性的轮转.
No advanced placement credit can be used to fulfill PA Program requirements. Due to the rigorous curricular requirements, the Program strongly recommends that students do not seek outside employment, 即使是兼职.
圆满完成课程
To successfully complete the program, students must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.0, successfully complete an Objective Structured Clinical Exam at the end of the didactic year and at the end of the clinical year, 通过所有临床轮岗, 通过所有轮岗期末客观考试, pass a comprehensive Physician Assistant exam at the end of the clinical year, and pass the Master's Capstone Project Seminar.
Students who successfully complete the requirements for the Physician Assistant Program are awarded a Master of Science Degree in Physician Assistant Studies. Graduates are eligible to sit for the national certification exam (PANCE) developed by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
项目认证
The 认证 Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) has granted 认证-Continued 的状态 纽约州立大学推荐最近最火的赌博软件医科大学 Physician Assistant Program 由 纽约州立大学. 认证-Continued is an accreditation status granted when a currently accredited program is in compliance with the ARC-PA 标准.
认证 remains in effect until the program closes or withdraws from the accreditation process or until accreditation is withdrawn for failure to comply with the 标准. The approximate date for the next validation review of the program by the ARC-PA will be 2026年9月. The review date is contingent upon continued compliance with the 认证 标准 和ARC-PA政策.
Program accreditation is a requirement for the Physician Assistant National Certification Exam (PANCE) as well as for physician assistant practice in the United States. Students enrolled in an accredited program are eligible to take the PANCE.
The program's accreditation history can be viewed on the ARC-PA网站.
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