The PA Program will be 28 months in duration.
The initial 15 months will consist of didactic training in the basic and clinical sciences on the ³ûÖÊÓƵ campus.
The subsequent 12 months will consist of required and elective clinical rotations throughout Oklahoma in the following areas:
- Family Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Women's Health
- Behavioral Health
- Surgery
- Emergency Medicine
- Medicine/Surgical Electives
The final month will consist of a preceptorship in a practice arranged by the student and a summative evaluation process to ready students for entry into the profession.
- Fully Integrated System-Based Didactic Curriculum
- Charitable Clinic Experience with emphasis on service and leadership
- Emphasis on the Medical Humanities
- Business courses- Medical Practice Operations
- Small Campus and Faculty Student ratios
- Frequent Feedback & Faculty Advisement
The Physician Assistant program also offers and pays for the following for all accepted students:
- Textbooks
- Standardized tests evaluating your progress
- ACLS, BLS, PALS certifications
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound
- 22-24 Simulated patient encounters in Didactic training
- Cadaver Procedure lab- Capstone
- PANCE Boards Review Course
- PANCE Practice Exams
- Full cadaver dissection anatomy lab
- Charitable Clinic experience
- 7 required clinical rotations, 5 elective rotations, and 1 final preceptorship
- Required: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, Women’s Health, Behavioral Health, and Surgery
- Elective Rotation Options: Underserved, Cardiology, Pulmonology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Urology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Neurosurgery, Hospital Medicine, Infectious Disease, Orthopedic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, General Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Interventional Radiology, Addiction Medicine, Urgent Care
