UT’s 27-month, 112-credit program, will admit 48 students once per year and is designed to prepare graduates to provide medical care as part of an interprofessional health care team. The curriculum consists of four semesters of classroom training followed by three semesters of clinical rotations. All students enter as a single cohort in the fall semester, complete seven continuous semesters, and graduate in December with a Master of Physician Assistant Medicine degree (MPAM). Learn more about how this program prepares students for professional licensure.
Required Curricular Components
Certifications and additional training in the curriculum include the following:
Certification | Certifying Organization |
Medical Ethics Training | MedicalEthicsTraining.com |
Medical Professionalism | Duke University Health |
Basic Life Support | American Heart Association |
Advance Cardiac Life Support | American Heart Association |
Pediatric Advanced Life Support | American Heart Association |
Basic Certificate in Quality & Safety | Institute for Healthcare Improvement |
National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale | National Institutes of Health |
Adverse Childhood Experience and Trauma | ACES Aware |
Informed Care | |
HIPAA and Blood Born Pathogen | |
N95 Fit Testing |
Workshops - Personal Wellness: Prevention of Impairment and Burnout, Leadership and Professional Conduct and Point of Care Ultrasound Training.
Course Descriptions
- Physician Assistant Medicine
- Admissions
- Program Costs
- Curriculum
- Program Graduate Competencies
- Clinical Placements
- Facilities
- Faculty
- Program Policies
- Mission, Vision and Values
- Founding Director's Welcome
- PA Diversity and Inclusion
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Preceptors
- PANCE/GOALS
- Accreditation Status