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Program Overview

General Information
The Master of Physician Assistant Studies program at University of the Cumberlands is offered under a cohort system with course work to be completed over twenty-four months.

Of the 101 credit hours in the Master of Physician Assistant Studies degree program, sixty-one hours are earned through Didactics coursework in a traditional classroom and laboratory setting.

All Didactics coursework takes place on the university campus in the Forcht Medical Wing of the Correll Science Complex. The remaining forty hours of the physician assistant programs in Kentucky are earned during the second year in the program through eight supervised Clinical Rotations in the field.

Accreditation Statement
The University of the Cumberlands Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) program has been granted continued accreditation by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) in March 2012.  Continued Accreditation does not ensure any subsequent accreditation status. Graduates of an accredited PA program are eligible to take the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination.  After successful completion of the examination, they are eligible for state certification and licensure to practice as certified physician assistants.

Required Curriculum

Didactic Courses. These courses comprise the sixty-one credits of coursework to be completed in the MPAS program. Except for the last three courses listed, these classes are all completed during the first year (three semesters) of candidacy.

Semester one: Total: 18 credit hours.

MPAS 511 Clinical Anatomy I 2 credit hours
MPAS 521 Health Care Issues I 2 credit hours
MPAS 531 Physical Diagnosis I 2 credit hours
MPAS 541 Clinical Medicine I 6 credit hours
MPAS 551 Pathophysiology I 2 credit hours
MPAS 561 Pharmacology I 2 credit hours
MPAS 571 Practical App. of Med. I 2 credit hours

 

Semester two: Total: 18 credit hours.

MPAS 512 Clinical Anatomy II 2 credit hours
MPAS 522 Health Care Issues II 2 credit hours
MPAS 532 Physical Diagnosis II 2 credit hours
MPAS 542 Clinical Medicine II 6 credit hours
MPAS 552 Pathophysiology II 2 credit hours
MPAS 562 Pharmacology II 2 credit hours
MPAS 572 Practical App. of Med. II 2 credit hours

 

Semester three: Total: 18 credit hours.

MPAS 513 Clinical Anatomy III 2 credit hours
MPAS 523 Health Care Issues III 2 credit hours
MPAS 533 Physical Diagnosis III 2 credit hours
MPAS 543 Clinical Medicine III 6 credit hours
MPAS 553 Pathophysiology III 2 credit hours
MPAS 563 Pharmacology III 2 credit hours
MPAS 573 Practical App. of Med. III 2 credit hours

 

Clinical rotations

MPAS 600 Family Medicine I (4 credit hours)
(4 weeks)
MPAS 605 Family Medicine II (4 credit hours)
(4 weeks)
MPAS 610 Emergency Medicine (4 credit hours)
(4 weeks)
MPAS 620 Internal Medicine (4 credit hours)
(4 weeks)
MPAS 630 Pediatrics (4 credit hours)
(4 weeks)
MPAS 640 Psychiatry (4 credit hours)
(4 weeks)
MPAS 650 Surgery (4 credit hours)
(4 weeks)
MPAS 660 Women's Health (4 credit hours)
(4 weeks)
MPAS 670 Clinical Elective I (4 credit hours)
(4 weeks)
MPAS 675 Clinical Elective II (4 credit hours)
(4 weeks)
40 hours total 40 weeks total

 

Semester four: Total: 16 clinical credit hours

  Four clinical rotations (4 weeks each)

 

Semester five: Total: 16 clinical credit hours

  Four clinical rotations (4 weeks each)

 

Semester six: Total: 8 clinical credit hours plus 7 credit hours of coursework

  Two clinical rotations (4 weeks each)
MPAS 680 Professional Development 1 credit hour
MPAS 691 CAPSTONE 1 credit hour
MPAS 692 PANCE Review/Summation 5 credit hours

 

Upcoming Term Dates
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Tuition
1st Year $34,000
2nd Year $34,000
Total Tuition $68,000*
*(subject to change)