Drexel University Online offers a Physician Assistant Post-Professional Master's Program designed to advance the careers of existing physician assistants in either a clinical or research capacity. The 45-credit program seeks to improve students' analytical thinking while providing a challenging and interactive learning environment. During the program, you'll complete 25 credits in the core courses, 10 specialization credits, and 10 credits for a final project. The core courses include Research Methods and Designs, in which you'll learn how to interpret research articles published for clinical practice, and Clinical Application of Epidemiology, in which you'll study the causes and control of disease and how to promote a healthy population. For the specialization courses, you can choose among clinical practicum, update, colloquium, or practice project research.
Drexel University Online
3001 Market St., Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA 19104
877-215-0009
drexel.com/online-degrees/healthcare-degrees/mhs-apa/index.aspx
Arizona School of Health Sciences offers an online master of science degree in physician assistant studies designed for graduates of a physician assistant training program. For the master of science degree, you'll choose a concentration in clinical medicine or education/leadership. The clinical medicine concentration requires 400 hours of patient care, which students typically complete at the clinic or hospital where they're employed. Classes include Healthcare Delivery Systems, Evidence-based Medicine & Clinical Research Design, and four levels each of clinical medicine and clinical practice. The education/leadership concentration is designed for physician assistants already involved in education who wish to advance their pedagogical capabilities. You'll study such topics as medical writing for educators, educational concepts, and technology in education.
Arizona School of Health Sciences
5850 E. Still Circle
Mesa, AZ 85206
480-219-6000
atsu.edu/ashs/online_programs/physician_assistant/index.htm
University of Wisconsin--Madison offers a three-year distance education Master of Physician Assistant Sciences degree. Prerequisites for enrollment include anatomy, physiology, chemistry, microbiology, psychology, statistics, and zoology or mammalian biology, all equivalent to the university's courses and passed with a grade of C or better. You also must have a degree from an accredited baccalaureate program with at least a 3.00 GPA. The three years consist of two years of classroom study and one year of instruction at a clinic in your community. The curriculum includes medical microbiology, human anatomy with supervised dissection of human cadavers, clinical prevention, and population health, advanced patient evaluation, and diagnostic methods.
University of Wisconsin--Madison
Room 1278 Health Sciences Learning Center
750 Highland Ave.
Madison, WI 53705
608-263-5620
physicianassistant.wisc.edu/prostudents.htm