Description
This clinical experience is designed to familiarize the student with the role of the physician assistant in practice. This experience can occur in a clinical setting that has already been experienced by the student or a specialty area of the student's choosing, with approval from the Clinical Coordinator. Students will perform the collection of pertinent historical, physical, and laboratory data, and develop an understanding of patient evaluation and treatment under the supervision of a physician(s) or physician assistant(s) in settings that correlate with the rotation chosen. Through this clinical rotation, the student will gain an in-depth exposure to a spectrum of acute and/or chronic patient encounters within the area chosen.