NSU HPD Catalog 2023-2024

434 Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences—Department of Physician Assistant Third Semester—Winter (January–May) Lecture Laboratory Credit Hours PAC 5200 Physical Diagnosis III 32 38 3 PAC 5210 Clinical Medicine and Surgery II 120 0 8 PAC 5310 Clinical Medicine and Surgery III 112 0 8 PAC 5131 Clinical Laboratory Medicine II 34 0 2 PCO 5410 Pharmacology II 56 0 4 PAC 5311 Clinical Behavioral Medicine 45 0 3 Total Hours: 399 38 28 Fourth Semester—Summer II Advanced Didactic (June–July) Lecture Laboratory Credit Hours PAC 5410 Complementary Medicine and Nutrition 30 0 2 PAC 5412 Interpretation and Evaluation of Medical Literature 30 0 2 PAC 5460 Life Support Procedures and Skills 24 20 2 PAC 5510 Clinical Procedures and Surgical Skills 48 32 4 PAC 5129 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 48 0 3 PAC 5010 Clinical Applications 12 5 1 PAC 5407 Clinical Pharmacology 48 0 3 PAC 5408 Clinical Genetics 30 0 2 Total Contact Hours: 270 57 19 Clinical Curriculum—Second Year (August–August) Weeks Contact Hours Credit Hours PAC 6301 Behavioral Health 3 135 3 PAC 6302 Women’s Health 3 135 3 PAC 6311 Internal Medicine 6 270 6 PAC 6313 Surgery 6 300 6 PAC 6315 Emergency Medicine 6 270 6 PAC 6317 Pediatrics 6 240 6 PAC 6318 Family Medicine 6 250 6 PAC 6401 Clinical Elective I 6 270 6 PAC 6402 Clinical Elective II 6 270 6 PAC 6308 Clinical Elective III 4 160 4 PAC 6500 Graduate Project 3 Total Contact Hours: 2,300 55 Curriculum is subject to change as directed by the department.

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