Physician Assistant Studies

Students may enter the Professional phase of the PA Program as graduate students into the two-year master's (M.S.P.A.S.) degree program, a full time 24-month training program consisting of twelve months of didactic instruction followed by twelve months of clinical instruction. The Department of Physician Assistant Studies educates students in a primary care-based curriculum that emphasizes the mastery of knowledge, technical skills, critical thinking, and moral reasoning.