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2022-23 ATSU University Catalog 
    
2022-23 ATSU University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MSPA 5135 - Clinical Medicine Practicum III


1 credit hour

The Clinical Medicine Practicum series is a three course series which places students in supervised clinical patient care settings throughout their didactic education. Students will learn the art of medicine from PAs, physicians, and other health care providers in a variety of care environments and specialties.

Through a partnership with local healthcare facilities, students may have the opportunity to complete comprehensive history and physical exams on patients with complex acute and chronic disease profiles, applying their didactic education as they learn. Students may provide patient education through community outreach projects such as ATSU’s Matter of Balance Falls Prevention Project, Emerson Elementary School, the Phoenix Mission of Mercy Event, and the ATSU PT/OT Evening Clinic.

Students will have access to a schedule of community preceptor clinic shifts where students will explore the variety of areas of medical practice and observe the transformation of the science of health into the art of medicine through authentic patient encounters.