PA Competencies

PLO 1

Integrate behavioral, social, and medical knowledge drawn from the evolving biomedical and clinical sciences to recognize, evaluate, and manage disease states across the lifespan during acute, chronic, preventive, and emergent encounters with patients across a wide range of backgrounds and lived experiences.

PLO 2

Demonstrate the interpersonal and communication skills required to sustain effective, multi-directional information exchange among patients, their caregivers, and members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team–all from across a wide range of backgrounds and experiences.

PLO 3

Demonstrate the ability to elicit an accurate patient history, perform an appropriate physical examination, and perform appropriate clinical procedures using essential clinical and technical skills to provide quality patient care.

PLO 4

Collaborate effectively as part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team through clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills to formulate a logical differential diagnosis, select and interpret appropriate diagnostic studies, and synthesize a comprehensive, patient-centered management plan for the promotion of wellness and disease prevention.

PLO 5

Demonstrate the ability to interpret and integrate an evidence-based approach to clinical and professional practice through clinical reasoning, problem-solving, and decision-making to improve patient care across a broad range of populations and care settings.

PLO 6

Promote health and wellness in health workforce shortage communities and with patient populations out of the mainstream of health care delivery.

PLO 7

Demonstrate professionalism through personal behaviors, ethical practices, respect, sensitivity, and accountability essential to patients, society and the profession.