PAS 5724 - Pediatrics Rotation

CIP Code: 510912
Description: This core clinical rotation provides students with exposure to the principles and practice of pediatric medicine. This supervised clinical practice experience enables students to assess infant, child, and adolescent patients seeking medical care in the pediatric setting. This rotation will provide the opportunity to refine techniques of history-taking and physical examination specific to the pediatric population. This rotation will expose students to conditions that are unique to the pediatric patient population so students are able to refine their ability to make the correct diagnosis and create an appropriate management plan. This clinical rotation will enable the student to provide care as an entry-level physician assistant upon graduation.

Credit Hours: 4
Restrictions: Acceptance into the Physician Assistant Studies program.