600
Supervised Clinical Practice Experience
The supervised clinical practice experience (SCPE) provides the PA student an opportunity to apply the principles of general medicine learned in the pre-clinical/didactic curriculum. During each rotation students work with a practicing clinician (referred to as the preceptor) and are actively participating in the health care system as part of the health care team. Students are assigned to a preceptor, and through supervised, ongoing patient contact, they are exposed to patients with a wide variety of acute and chronic medical problems. Emphasis is placed on patient history and assessment, differential diagnoses, patient management, maintenance of medical records, performance of diagnostic and therapeutic skills, follow-up care and the provision of health education and counseling. Students must successfully complete all nine rotations. These rotations include MPAS 620 Family Medicine, MPAS 622 Internal Medicine, MPAS 624 Pediatrics, MPAS 626 Women's Health, MPAS 628 Emergency Medicine, MPAS 630 General Surgery, MPAS 632 Mental Health, MPAS 636 Underserved Populations or Areas, and MPAS 638 Elective.