Learning Opportunities in Physician Assistant Studies
Learn by Doing
The professional phase of the program combines coursework with an extensive clinical learning experience in a variety of settings and specialties. The first 15 months are spent in the didactic phase followed by 12 months of clinical rotations. Rotations offer opportunities for travel and cross-cultural experiences. Sites are available in almost all 50 states, and some students have arranged international rotations; you may also choose to stay in the Philadelphia region. Rotations include family medicine, internal medicine, general surgery, ER, pediatrics and OB/GYN.
Students in the pre-professisonal phase also have the oppportunity to volunteer their services in medical facilities in third-world countries.
Accreditation
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Department of Physician Assistant Studies has completed an accreditation review and is judged to be in compliance with the nationally established standards as set forth by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). ARC-PA may be contacted at:
12000 Findley Road,
Suite 240
Duluth, GA 30097
770.476.1224
www.arc-pa.org