Manhattan Campus Physician Assistant Program, with the last enrolled class in Fall 2007, is a non-traditional, upper-division, 28-month program leading to a B.S. degree, offered at Touro College’s main campus in midtown Manhattan, and is designed to serve the professional aspirations of the working student. The curriculum, which is divided into a didactic and a clinical phase, is organized to afford each student an understanding of the medical sciences and their application to clinical practice. The first 16 months are devoted to didactic work in the basic sciences, medicine, surgery and behavioral sciences, and entail evening/weekend scheduling of coursework, i.e. Monday through Thursday 4pm-9pm and Sundays 9am-5pm. The clinical phase consists of 12 months of rotations at affiliated clinical sites such as hospitals, clinics, and private practices, and entails a traditional, full-time format. The program has affiliations with numerous inner-city training sites, providing students with a diversity of clinical practice experiences and sensitizing them to the needs of the community.
| Session I | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| PAB 301 | Physiology | 4 |
| PAB 303 | Clinical Biochemistry | 2 |
| PAB 306 | Human Anatomy | 3 |
| PAM 310 | Physical Diagnosis I | 3 |
| PAM 320 | Psychosocial Aspects of Health Care I (Psychosocial Medicine, Epidemiology) | 2 |
| PAM 359 | Introduction to Pharmacology | 1 |
| Total | 15 | |
| Session II | ||
| PAB 307 | Microbiology/Immunology | 2 |
| PAB 308 | Neuroanatomy | 1 |
| PAB 309 | Pathology | 3 |
| PAM 311 | Physical Diagnosis II | 2 |
| PAM 362 | Pharmacology | 3 |
| PAM 364 | Diagnostic Modalities (Diagnostic Imaging, Lab Medicine) | 2 |
| PAM 365 | Medicine I (Cardiology, EKG) | 2 |
| Total | 15 | |
| Session III | ||
| PAM 321 | Psychosocial Aspects of Health Care II (Geriatrics, Interpreting the Medical Literature) | 1 |
| PAM 330 | OB/GYN | 2 |
| PAM 331 | Pediatrics | 2 |
| PAM 366 | Medicine II (Hematology, Pulmonology, Nephrology) | 3 |
| PAM 367 | Medicine III (Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Dermatology, Rheumatology) | 4 |
| PAM 369 | Surgery I | 2 |
| PAM 372 | Emergency Medicine I | 1 |
| Total | 15 | |
| Session IV | ||
| PAM 322 | Psychosocial Aspects of Health Care III (Medical Ethics, Professional Issues) | 1 |
| PAM 368 | Medicine IV (Ophthalmology, Neurology, Psychiatry, Infectious Diseases) | 4 |
| PAM 370 | Surgery II (Orthopedics, Otolaryngology, Neurosurgery) | 2 |
| PAM 371 | Surgery III | 2 |
| PAM 373 | Emergency Medicine II | 2 |
| PAM 374 | Physical Assessment and Management | 2 |
| PAM 375 | Critical Care | 1 |
| HS 201 | Community Service | 1 |
| Total | 15 | |