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Fostering Compassionate and Professional Clinicians
The Physician Associate Studies, M.M.Sc., program examines how to deliver interdisciplinary care and practice evidence-based medicine while utilizing technology to its fullest potential.
The program provides the academic and clinical instruction necessary to become a healthcare clinician, leader, and researcher, capable of performing within a range of specialties in a dynamic healthcare industry.
It also prepares you to sit for the board examination of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and to seek state licensure as a physician assistant.
This is a full-time program that can be completed in 27 months.
Contact Information
Christopher Howell
Program Director
Physician Associate Studies
Clinical Health Sciences and Wellness Building
2101 Leadership Suite
421 S. Campus Avenue
Oxford, OH 45056
howellc8@MiamiOH.edu
Curriculum and Courses
The physician associate studies program offers a two-phased approach to creating future healthcare professionals.
Our amazing didactic experience uses a modular learning concentration built around organ systems and is offered within our new state-of-the-art clinical health science and wellness building.
Following intensive didactic training, our students have the opportunity to rotate with several area partners over a 12-month clinical schedule. These clinical rotations begin in the summer of the students’ second year, with a plan for a diverse clinical immersion that allows the student to observe and engage a variety of healthcare systems, patient populations, public & individual health challenges, and several interprofessional & interdisciplinary team methods.
Our Clinical curriculum consists of core rotations in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Behavioral Health, Pediatrics, General Surgery, and Emergency Medicine. Yet our program has also supported more advanced curriculum delivery in orthopedics, three structured and one full elective rotation, which allows the student to explore advanced clinical interests in preparation to serve their communities.
While a majority of those clinical rotations are located in Ohio, as our priority is on providing our students with the best clinical experience, rotations may take place throughout the United States.
The careful integration of our didactic curriculum within our clinical year allows for the holistic healthcare needs of our patients to remain at the forefront of our training, preparing our graduates to explore the “total care” of our patients. This includes not only disease prevention, recognition, and treatment across the lifespan, but meeting the patient in their unique life experience limitations and goals and supporting them accordingly.
- PAS 601 Introduction to the Healthcare Professions
- PAS 602 Patient Engagement and Documentation
- PAS 603 Evidence-Based Medicine and Clinical Research
As someone who was born and raised in a rural community, with limited access to quality healthcare, I know too well the impacts of personal well-being when approached with disparities in healthcare delivery. Miami University has allowed me to integrate and fulfill my passion for rural medicine, with a goal to serve those underserved communities of Ohio
Sydney Erwin, PA-S2, Class of 2025
Facts and Stats
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Post-Graduation Success Rate
Miami University Data
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U.S. News & World Report, 2020
ADMISSION AND FUNDING
This is Where Your Journey to Miami University Begins
Explore what it means to be a graduate student at Miami University, where students prepare to go anywhere and everywhere. We’ll be here to help every step of the way as you prepare for college admission, enrollment, and success.