Within the physician-PA relationship, PAs provide patient-centered medical care services as a member of a healthcare team. PAs practice with defined levels of autonomy and exercise independent medical decision making within their scope of practice. The faculty takes pride in educating students through innovative and interactive classroom activities, team-based learning, quality clinical rotation experiences, and state of the art simulation.
The interprofessional focus of the PA Program, and throughout Rosalind Franklin University, prepares our students to practice as members of effective healthcare teams in a wide range of medical specialties and settings. The Physician Assistant Program is proud to be ranked 15th by the U.
News and World Report. The mission of the Physician Assistant Program is to educate and prepare competent, compassionate, and ethical physician assistant leaders who, as integral members of the interprofessional healthcare team, will provide quality patient-centered care to a diverse population.
The vision of the Physician Assistant Program is to be recognized nationally as a leader in the Physician Assistant profession through our outstanding graduates, curricular innovations, scholarly activities, and service to the community.
Educating physician assistant students to be integral members of an interprofessional team by serving the healthcare needs of the community. Promoting scholarly activity through the creation of curricular innovations, integration of validated assessment methodologies, and peer-reviewed research publications to demonstrate our commitment to lifelong learning. Promoting the development of state and national leaders to serve the physician assistant profession.
Promoting diversity in our admissions process via a holistic application review process to give balanced consideration to all components of an application.
College of Health Professions. For those who meet the minimum GPA requirements, we conduct a holistic review of all components of an application.
Historically, students with an Overall GPA of 3. We enroll 67 new students per year. Rosalind Franklin University utilizes rolling admissions and encourages applicants to apply early in the cycle for best consideration. For more information, check out our Class Profile. Email us: grad. College of Health Professions. Breadcrumb Home. College of Heal Degree Programs. Physician Assis Common Questions. How to Apply.
Class Profile. Consumer Information. Contact Us. Request Information. Other Information. Curriculum Design. Preceptor Resources. Creative Arts Collection. Technical Standards. Undergraduate Affiliations. Will I be able to work an outside job while I am going to school? Can I specialize? Do you have a placement service for graduates? Do you offer shadowing opportunities? The PA program at Rosalind Franklin University does not endorse any particular organization nor is it able to help obtain shadowing hours, as the program is not directly affiliated with the options provided below: Northwestern Hospital Illinois PA Academy - For those applicants who are out of state, they can contact the PA association in their state.
Applicants can Google "PA shadowing" and find a number of websites. Rosalind Franklin University does not offer undergraduate coursework. I have prerequisite coursework still in progress. What kind of healthcare experience do you require? The sites are subject to availability and approval by the Department. Students can choose from three research content tracks: Evidence-based Medicine, Educational or Clinical. Within the Educational and Clinical tracks students may do library-based or experiential research, while the Evidence-based Medicine track involves solely library-based research.
College of Health Professions. Breadcrumb Home. College of Heal Degree Programs. Physician Assis How to Apply. Class Profile. Common Questions. Consumer Information. Contact Us. Request Information. Other Information. Curriculum Design. Preceptor Resources. Creative Arts Collection. Technical Standards. Undergraduate Affiliations. HPAS P. Professional Issues and Ethics 2 qh This course is designed to familiarize the student with the history and traditions of the PA Profession.
HPAS Clinical Decision Making 1 qh This course will provide the PA student with the proper techniques for obtaining a medical interview and for documenting the medical record.
HPAS Population Medicine 2 qh This course introduces the concepts of population medicine such as public health, epidemiology, health education, community oriented primary care, prevention, advocacy and disparities in health care. HPAS Introduction to Clinical Medicine for the Physician Assistant 2 qh This course will provide basic concepts of general medicine, surgery, infectious disease and pharmacy that will provide the foundational knowledge necessary to understand the physician assistant clinical medicine curriculum.
HPAS Introduction to Pharmacotherapy 1 QH This course will provide the foundational knowledge necessary to understand general pharmacotherapy principles and practice. HPAS Introduction to EKG 2 qh This course provides students with a systematic method of interpreting a lead EKG with respect to rate, rhythm and blocks, electrical axis determination, hypertrophy, ischemia, injury, infarction, and miscellaneous drug, electrolyte, disease, and pacemaker effects.
HPAS Psychosocial Aspects of Patient Care 1 qh This course aims expand the awareness of the physician assistant to psychological and sociological aspects potentially operational in the relationship of patient and physician assistants.
HPAS Complementary Medicine 1 qh This course covers the fundamentals of numerous complementary and alternative health modalities by highlighting how the physician assistant can make appropriate referrals and educate their patients on the cultural and historical background of these therapies.
The student will be given the opportunity to interact with specialists in various fields of complementary medicine HIPS A Foundations for Interprofessional Practice 1 qh Foundations for Interprofessional Practice is designed to introduce interprofessionalism as an approach in healthcare practice.
HPAS Pharmacotherapy I 4 qh This course is a study of the principles of drug therapy essential to the practice of primary care medicine. HPAS Interprofessional Case Collaborations 1qh The purpose of this one credit course is to prepare students to work together in collaborative interprofessional teams while understanding the concepts of pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic techniques and medical management and treatments as they apply to physician assistants and pharmacists.
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