The Physician Assistant Program is a 24 month, 116 hour program offered by the University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB).

First Year

First Year Summer Term

MSPA 510: Clinical Diagnostic Studies (3 credits)

MSPA 465: Foundation of PA Practice (5 credits)

MSPA 470: Applied Medical Sciences (7 credits)

MHS 600: Introduction to Library Resources and Scholarly Writing (1 credit)

MHS 602: Legal/Ethical Issues for Health, Human Services and Clinical Professionals (2 credits)

Total Credits for Semester: 18

First Year Fall Term

MSPA 512: Clinical Medicine (8 credits)

MSPA 514: Pediatric Medicine 1 (2 credits)

MSPA 515: Psychiatric Medicine (3 credits)

MSPA 520: Pathophysiological Approach to
Pharmacotherapeutics 1 (3 credits)

MHS 615: Biostatistics for the Health Professional 
(3 credits)

Total Credits for Semester: 19

First Year Spring Term

MSPA 518: Clinical Medicine 2 (8 credits)

MSPA 519: Pediatric Medicine 2 (2 credits)

MSPA 521: Emergency Medicine (4 credits)

MSPA 522: Clinical Correlations (3 credits)

MSPA 523: Pathophysiological Approach to Pharmacotherapeutics 2 (3 credits)

MSPA 551: Transition to Clinical Clerkships (1 credit)

MHS 630: Essentials of Chronic and Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3 credits)

Total Credits for Semester: 24

Second Year

Second Year Summer Term

MSPA 671: Clinical Clerkship 1 (4 credits)

MSPA 672: Clinical Clerkship 2 (4 credits)

MHS 633: Clinically Applied Social and Behavioral Health Theory (3 credits)

MHS 652: Communication and Leadership (3 credits)

Total Credits for Semester: 14

Second Year Fall Term

MSPA 673: Clinical Clerkship 3 (4 credits)

MSPA 674: Clinical Clerkship 4 (4 credits)

MSPA 675: Clinical Clerkship 5 (4 credits)

MHS 660: Advanced Applied Pharmacology (3 credits)

MHS 608: Research Seminar 1 (3 credits) 

Total Credits for Semester: 18

Second Year Spring Term

MSPA 676: Clinical Clerkship 6 (4 credits)

MSPA 677: Clinical Clerkship 7 (4 credits)

MSPA 678: Clinical Clerkship 8 (4 credits)

MSPA 680: Issues and Trends in Health Care (3 credits)

MSPA 682: Summative Evaluation (2 credits)

MHS 609: Research Seminar 2 (3 credits)

MHS 622: Improving Quality of Care in Health Systems (3 credits)

Total Credits for Semester: 23 

 Total Credits: 116

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