The
Physician Assistant Program
Mission
Statement
The Physician Assistant
Program at Marywood University is committed to providing
students with an exceptional education in a supportive and
nurturing environment. This professional education will
include the knowledge necessary to diagnose, treat, educate
and empower patients in a variety of settings.
This program is committed to preparing the student to deal
with the changing health care environment while promoting
the PA profession. Marywood's PA Program will
emphasize the importance of sharing knowledge with future
PA students while providing leadership in the
community.
We acknowledge that patients are more than their physcial
body and so the program is dedicated to teaching the
students to appreciate the patients' spirits as well as to
care for their bodies. The Marywood University's Physician
Assistant Program has an awareness of the need for quality
healthcare, both regionally and globally, and this program
will assist our students in carrying out Marywood's goal for
all students - learing to live and practice responsibly in
an interdependent world.
1. To provide students with
the basic medical sciences requisite to a foundation for the
practice of medicine.
2. To expose students to all
facets of primary care medicine as a foundation for their
future practice of medicine.
3. To instruct students in
techniques necessary to proper patient assessment such as
the patient interview and physical exam.
4. To provide students with
the means to communicate effectively with patients, families
and other members of the health care team.
5. To aid students in the
development of clinical skills with which to perform
appropriate physical examinations.
6. To provide students with
the principles of clinical pharmacology and
pharmaco-therapeutics so as to allow them to initiate
appropriate pharmacotherapy.
7. To provide students with a
clear understanding of the past, present and future of the
PA profession, and the role of the physician assistant in
the delivery of health care.
8. To stress the importance of
preventive medicine principles in the delivery of health
care.
9. To provide instruction in
health psychology, behavioral medicine and the psychosocial
factors that contribute to health with special attention
given to the cultural differences encountered in the
delivery of health care services.
10. To provide students with a
forum for discussion of the legal and ethical issues in
health care today.
11. To foster understanding of
the special needs encountered in the delivery of health
services to those in rural and underserved areas.
1. To expose students to the
various aspects of provision of primary health
services.
2. To provide the student with
hands-on teaching and supervision by physician preceptors
and physician assistants in actual clinical
settings.
3. To initiate and foster the
process of self-learning in the development of a competent
health care provider.
4. To develop a realistic
awareness and understanding of the role of the Physician
Assistant as a functioning member of a health care
team.
For More Information:
Call the PA Program at (570)
348-6298 or email paprogram@marywood.edu
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