BSHS Program
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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, HEALTH SCIENCES
ALERT!
The Medex Northwest PA program is expanding training opportunities for 2009. A satellite site has been added for 2009 in Anchorage, AK in collaboration with UAA. This training option will join the Yakima satellite site as an undergraduate program leading to a bachelor’s degree through UAA or UW. A UW Master’s degree will be available to students enrolled in Seattle and Spokane, WA. The entering classes of 2009 must apply by October 1, 2008.
December 16, 2008 (2-4 PM)
January 23, 2009
(2-4 PM)
February 27, 2009
(2-4 PM)
March 27, 2009
(2-4 PM)
April 24. 2009
(2-4 PM)
May 22, 2009
(2-4 PM)
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For an appointment, call 786-6565
Download the Check-off List for 2008-2009 (Word format)
The Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences Degree (BSHS), with a Physician Assistant Track provides a BS Degree for students who have completed the required education and clinical experience to work as a physician assistant.
The UAA BSHS Degree program consists of a minimum of two years of pre-major coursework and health care experience in addition to the Medex curriculum requirements. The Medex curriculum includes one year of clinical and didactic instruction at approved training sites, and a year of clinical and family practice clerkships.
Physician assistants (PAs) are health care professionals licensed to practice medicine with physician supervision. As part of their comprehensive responsibilities, PAs conduct physical exams, diagnose and treat illnesses, order and interpret tests, counsel on preventive health care, assist in surgery, and can write prescriptions in most states. Physician assistants practice in primary care medicine--family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology and in surgery and the surgical subspecialties. Within the physician-PA relationship, physician assistants exercise autonomy in medical decision making and provide a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services. PA practice may also include education, research, and administrative services.
Typical PA applicants come from a diversity of health care backgrounds such as LPN, RN, Paramedic, Corpsman and Community Health Practitioners.
Program Outcomes
Graduates of the BSHS Physician Assistant Track will:
- Perform data collection, medical interviewing and physical examination skills and communicate the acquired information effectively.
- Formulate medical decisions and treatment plans.
- Perform procedural skills appropriate to the Physician Assistant’s role.
- Work with patients to educate them about appropriate treatments and interventions to maximize health.
- Have knowledge of pharmacology and other treatment modalities to enable the Physician Assistant to function at the full scope of practice as allowed by individual state law.
- Provide assessment and care for common mental health conditions and concerns.
- Understand the unique features of the Physician Assistant role, including the Physician Assistant’s legal relationship with supervising and delegating physicians.
- Increase health care access by providing primary care services to under-served populations.
