MPAS 638 Elective SCPE
MPAS 638 Elective SCPE is a clinical practice experience providing an opportunity to enhance learning and gain supervised experience in a discipline of interest to the student. This SCPE advances student knowledge and skills in evaluation and management of commonly encountered conditions in an outpatient and/or inpatient setting for patients of all ages. SCPEs may include, but are not limited to, surgical sub-specialties (orthopedics, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, maxillofacial surgery, etc.) otolaryngology, dermatology, urology, wound care, ophthalmology, gastroenterology, cardiology, and others. Students also focus on PA professional development topics, such as billing and coding, oral case presentations, practice settings and demographics, and the healthcare regulatory environment. Additionally, during electives, students focus on specific areas of PANCE preparation, including pharmacology, and high-yield topic areas of the PANCE blueprint.
Offered
Spring III