PACR 501-510 - Clinical Rotation - Behavioral and Mental Health

Description
Clinical Rotations 1-10 are designed to provide the clinical student with supervised clinical practice experiences (SCPEs) that will reinforce medical knowledge gained in the didactic year of the Master of Science: Physician Assistant (MSPA) Program. Supervised clinical practice experiences will allow the clinical student to refine clinical and technical skills through clinical reasoning, critical thinking, and problem-solving in clinical encounters. The clinical experience will further expose the student to evidence-based medicine through patient care experiences. The clinical experience allows the student to begin to develop into the professional role of the Physician Assistant and work with other members of the interprofessional healthcare team. This course is designed to provide the student the opportunity to achieve program and course learning outcomes under the supervision of a clinical preceptor in the assigned field. The rotation may be conducted in one of the required disciplines: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Women’s Health: Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Surgery, Behavioral Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and Integrative Medicine, or other various disciplines as a Clinical Elective. Based upon the assigned clinical rotation, students will participate in the care of patients across the lifespan including infants, children, adolescents, adults, and/or elderly. Students will also participate in a variety of different aspects of medicine including acute, chronic, emergent, and/or preventative care and in various clinical settings including outpatient, inpatient, operating rooms, and/or emergency departments.

The Behavioral and Mental Health SCPE will provide the clinical student with a basic comprehension of health care delivery in Behavioral and Mental Health.  Students will be assigned to an approved Psychiatric/Mental Health practice. This experience will provide students with exposure to behavioral and mental health for a variety of presenting conditions.


Course Delivery Model(s): On-Ground

Lecture Hours: 0
Lab Hours: 180
Total Hours: 180
Credits: 6

Prerequisites: Successful completion of all Term 4 courses
Corequisites: None

Repeatable (# of times): 0

Grade Type: Pass/No Pass