curriculum

Online Campus

The online delivery of curriculum uses both synchronous and asynchronous methods for the learner to encourage rich discussion, critical thinking, and problem-based learning.

• Connect with your professors and peers during live chats.
• Breakout sessions enhance learning by keeping groups of students in small numbers.
• Educational platforms include innovative technology to view pre-recorded lectures, patient simulations, interactive content with 3D Anatomy, work through case studies and practice question banks. 

You, as a student, have access 24/7 to...

• Study groups
• Social hangouts
• Special interest groups
• Coursework and assignments
• Instructional videos
• Online library

Student support

You will be assigned a faculty coach. The faculty coach is more than an academic advisor, and provides guidance and mentorship throughout the program to ensure student success. 

Virtual office hours increase access to faculty at convenient times. Responsive faculty provide feedback and answers to emails within 24 hours.

 

Clinical rotations 45-weeks

There are seven mandatory in-person clinical rotations and two elective in-person clinical rotations. 

The clinical placement team makes every effort to place students at clinical sites as close to their own communities as possible. 

1. Family Medicine (5 weeks)
2. Internal Medicine (5 weeks)
3. Emergency Medicine (5 weeks)
4. Surgery (5 weeks)
5. Behavioral Medicine (5 weeks)
6. Women’s health (5 weeks)
7. Pediatrics (5 weeks)
8. Elective rotation (5 weeks)
9. Elective rotation (5 weeks)
   
   

On-campus Immersions 

• Practice skills labs
• Standardized patient experiences
• Validation skills testing
• Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs)
• Guest speakers
• Workshops

MPAS Degree Plan

Look at the MPAS Degree Plan for a complete list of courses and further information on the curriculum.

The program offers a curriculum in which graduates may seek licensure and certification in all 50 states.

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Accreditation

The ARC-PA has granted Accreditation-Provisional status to the Franklin Pierce University Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) Hybrid Program -- Round Rock, TX Campus sponsored by Franklin Pierce University.

Accreditation-Provisional is an accreditation status granted when the plans and resource allocation, if fully implemented as planned, of a proposed program that has not yet enrolled students appear to demonstrate the program’s ability to meet the ARC-PA Standards or when a program holding Accreditation-Provisional status appears to demonstrate continued progress in complying with the Standards as it prepares for the graduation of the first class (cohort) of students. 

Accreditation-Provisional does not ensure any subsequent accreditation status. It is limited to no more than five years from matriculation of the first class. 

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