CCPA 5080 - PA Professional Practice I

3 credit hours

PA Professional Practice I is the first in a series of four courses. Students will study lifelong learning, academic honesty and integrity, prevention of burnout, team dynamics and conflict management, relational communication skills, social determinants of health, dimensions of difference relevant to health (e.g. race & ethnicity, gender & sexuality, culture), and foundational skills for research & scholarship, from the perspective of self-regulated learning theory and application learning. Instruction occurs primarily through small group, faculty-led tutorials. Prerequisite(s): Admission to and matriculation in the CCPA program.