The PTA program accepts applicants with ALL application requirements completed, on first-come basis, into the next available cohort. If you are not already an active Tri-C student, you must first apply to the college. If you are interested in more than one health careers program, you must submit a separate health careers application for each program. You may only apply to three programs at one time. The PTA Program is currently accepting applications for fall The physician assistant works with the supervision of a licensed doctor of medicine or osteopathy and carries out many of the tasks previously performed only by physicians.
The physician assistant, as part of the physician's team, will be able to provide patient care services in any health care setting, hospital, nursing home, office or clinic in which the physician functions professionally. This certificate program is a dual admission program with Cleveland State University CSU which requires that students have completed a bachelor's degree program prior to program entry.
Students who have not completed coursework in these areas as part of their bachelor's program, may complete these courses at Tri-C prior to applying for admission to the program. As clinical experience continues, the student should demonstrate intermediate to advanced skills, and assume increased individual responsibility as member of medical team.
Other Required Hours: Field experience: hours hours per rotation. Supervised field experience in clinical health care settings with emphasis on the role of Physician Assistant to primary care physicians. Assignment to clinical rotations, under direct supervision of medical personnel for exposure to professional practice and practical enhancement of beginning patient assessment skills for clinical experience and advancement to intermediate and advanced patient assessment skills with assumption of increased individual responsibility as member of medical team.
Suprevised field experience in clinical healthcare settings designed to emphasize the role of Physician Assistant to primary care physicians. Students assigned to clinical rotations, under direct supervision of mecial personnel, gain exposure to professional practice and clinical assessment skills. Pre and post rotational on campus seminars.
Integrates concepts and knowledge gained from field experience rotations into total learning process. Focus on patient and professional communication, various professional practice issues and topics, and lifelong learning. Other Required Hours: Seminar: 15 hours per semester. Capstone course in Physician Assistant. Post rotational on campus seminars. PA History and Physical Exam Techniques I 3 Credits Introduction to skills required for patient-practitioner communication and development of therapeutic interpersonal relations including obtaining and recording the complete medical history with selected portions of the physical exam.
Lecture: 2 hours. PA History and Physical Exam Techniques II 3 Credits Instruction, study, and practice of skills required for conduction of a complete physical examination using appropriate equipment, techniques and accurate medical terminology to document findings. PA Basic Technical and Surgical Skills II 2 Credits Presentation and discussion of fundamental technical and surgical clinical skills required of Physician Assistant in diagnostic and therapeutic management of primary care and surgical patients.
Lecture: 1 hour. PA Clinical Anatomy 4 Credits Study of clinical anatomy of the human body with emphasis on important anatomical landmarks required in the physical evaluation of the patient and anatomical relationships of structures to each other. PA Clinical Pharmacology 4 Credits Application of the principles of pharmacodynamics to calculate drug doses, write and interpret legal and accurate prescriptions for medical conditions. These programs are designed to promote individual development.
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