MPAP Curriculum – Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Didactic Outline Clinical Outline Course Descriptions

Didactic Course Outline

Block 1 Schedule

Course	Credit Hours
MPAP 535 – Foundations of Health & Disease I	1
MPAP 504 – Clinical Medicine I	3
MPAP 522 – Clinical Skills I (History & Physical)	3
MPAP 515 – Pharmacotherapeutics I	1
MPAP 531 – Anatomy & Physiology	4
Total Hours	12

Block 2 Schedule

Course	Credit Hours
MPAP 536 – Foundations of Health & Disease II	1
MPAP 505 – Clinical Medicine II	3
MPAP 523 – Clinical Skills II	4
MPAP 516 – Pharmacotherapeutics II	2
MPAP 503 – Behavioral Medicine	2
Total Hours	12

Block 3 Schedule

Course	Credit Hours
MPAP 537 – Foundations of Health & Disease III	1
MPAP 506 – Clinical Medicine III	3
MPAP 524 – Clinical Skills III	3
MPAP 517 – Pharmacotherapeutics III	1
MPAP 521 – Surgery	3
MPAP 519 – Health Policy	1
Total Hours	12

Block 4 Schedule

Course	Credit Hours
MPAP 538 – Foundations of Health & Disease IV	1
MPAP 526 – Clinical Medicine IV	3
MPAP 525 – Clinical Skills IV	3
MPAP 527 – Pharmacotherapeutics IV	2
MPAP 509 – Evidence-Based Medicine I	1
MPAP 514 – Orthopaedics	2
Total Hours	12

Block 5 Schedule

Course	Credit Hours
MPAP 539 – Foundations of Health & Disease V	1
MPAP 528 – Clinical Medicine V	4
MPAP 529 – Clinical Skills V	3
MPAP 530 – Pharmacotherapeutics V	1
MPAP 510 – Emergency Medicine	3
Total Hours	12

Clinical Rotation Outline

Rotation	Credit Hours
MPAP 601 – Emergency Medicine	5
MPAP 602 – Family Practice	5
MPAP 603 – Internal Medicine	5
MPAP 604 – Surgery	5
MPAP 605 – Pediatrics	5
MPAP 606 – Psychiatry	5
MPAP 607 – Women’s Health	5
MPAP 608 – Primary Care	5
MPAP 614 – Contextualizing Health & Healthcare	5
MPAP 611 – Elective 1	5
MPAP 612 – Elective 2	5
MPAP 613 – Senior Seminar	5
Total Clinical Year Credits	60

Clinical Affiliation

There are numerous clinical affiliations for PA students to complete their supervised clinical training. Students will be notified of their clinical training sites during the spring/summer semester of the didactic year. Those sites are located in Harnett and other counties throughout North Carolina.

Clinical Rotations at Distant Sites

While many clinical educational rotations are in Harnett and surrounding counties, it may be necessary for the program to arrange some rotations at distant sites. Every effort will be made to arrange clinical rotations that are within 90 minutes’ drive time from campus, or from a student’s home, for those who are North Carolina residents. Travel expenses are the student’s responsibility. Nevertheless, there are times when it may be necessary for the program to send some students to sites that are not within convenient driving distance. In those few instances, students will be responsible for travel and may be responsible for discounted housing costs, if available, through North Carolina AHEC. Distant rotations will account for no more than three of any student’s total rotations.