PA Students Put on their White Coats
The ceremony marked the official launch of the PA program, which is the third graduate program being offered at the Emory & Henry College School of Health Sciences in Marion.
Program Director Dr. Scott Richards welcomed the graduate students, their faculty, families and friends and explained the meaning behind the white coat ceremony.
While the PA students just completed orientation, they participated in the ceremony as they prepare to begin supervised practice in a clinical setting. The students also recited the Physician Assistant Professional Oath near the end of the ceremony.
Richards says the program has been designed to be student-centric and mission-focused. Emphasis will be placed on rural primary care for the underserved and clinical activities will be embedded throughout the educational phase of the program, beginning in the very first week of classes. Clinical activities will include service at the Mel Leaman Free Clinic at Emory & Henry College, also located on the Marion Campus.
Course Work
Students will attend year-round for 27 months and earn a master’s degree. Physician assistants are advanced practice health professionals who practice clinical medicine as members of a team.
The curriculum will feature evidence-based teaching and evaluation methods with emphasis on case-based and experiential learning and will incorporate active learning strategies including flipped classrooms and team-based learning.
Richards states the program will be relatively unique among other PA programs in the U.S.
The program, housed in new state-of-the-art facilities on the Marion campus, will utilize a ten-room simulation suite with both standardized patient examination rooms and high-fidelity simulation mannequin hospital rooms. Students will have access to a dedicated state-of-the-art cadaver lab.
The program is accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
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2017 White Coat Ceremony for Physician Assistant Studies Program -
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2017 White Coat Ceremony for Physician Assistant Studies Program -
2017 White Coat Ceremony for Physician Assistant Studies Program -
2017 White Coat Ceremony for Physician Assistant Studies Program -
2017 White Coat Ceremony for Physician Assistant Studies Program -
2017 White Coat Ceremony for Physician Assistant Studies Program -
2017 White Coat Ceremony for Physician Assistant Studies Program -
2017 White Coat Ceremony for Physician Assistant Studies Program -
2017 White Coat Ceremony for Physician Assistant Studies Program -
2017 White Coat Ceremony for Physician Assistant Studies Program -
2017 White Coat Ceremony for Physician Assistant Studies Program -
2017 White Coat Ceremony for Physician Assistant Studies Program -
2017 White Coat Ceremony for Physician Assistant Studies Program -
2017 White Coat Ceremony for Physician Assistant Studies Program -
2017 White Coat Ceremony for Physician Assistant Studies Program -
2017 White Coat Ceremony for Physician Assistant Studies Program -
2017 White Coat Ceremony for Physician Assistant Studies Program -
2017 White Coat Ceremony for Physician Assistant Studies Program -
2017 White Coat Ceremony for Physician Assistant Studies Program
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