Prereq: Acceptance into the PAS Program.
The PAS 620 course will be an introduction to contemporary healthcare delivery. This course will emphasize characteristics of the United States care delivery system, its relationship to the physician assistant profession, and will include instruction on the care system's historical organization, composition, and function. Students will gain perspective on models of care, payment, health care quality, patient safety, health information technology, population, and global health care as well as team-based care.
The PAS 620 course will be an introduction to contemporary healthcare delivery. This course will emphasize characteristics of the United States care delivery system, its relationship to the physician assistant profession, and will include instruction on the care system's historical organization, composition, and function. Students will gain perspective on models of care, payment, health care quality, patient safety, health information technology, population, and global health care as well as team-based care.