Courses

The listing of a course description here does not guarantee a course’s being offered in a particular term. Please refer to the published schedule of classes on the MyBU Student Portal for confirmation a class is actually being taught and for specific course meeting dates and times.

• GMS PS 733: PRINSCIMED 4
  The PISCE 4 course will build on concepts offered in the PISCE 1, 2 & 3 courses and continues to build on basic science knowledge as it integrates into clinical medicine. The Endocrinology, Reproduction and Hematology modules are body systems module which combine the basic sciences of anatomy, physiology and histology with pathology, pathophysiology, pharmacology and clinical medicine. Together with the PISCE 1-3 courses, the PISCE 4 course prepares students for the rest of the PISCE courses 5-7 and for the practice of medicine.
• GMS PS 734: PRINSCIMED 5
  The PISCE 5 course consists of Health Equity curriculum which will focus on the knowledge and skills related to health equity including poverty, social determinants of health, health equity, racism in medicine, behavioral medicine and populations health. The modules of the PISCE 5 course include the Neurology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health. These modules will build on the material already studied in the PISCE 1-4 courses focusing on the integration of foundational basic science knowledge and clinical medicine and will prepare the students for the PISCE 6 & 7 courses. The Neurology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health modules will incorporate pathology, anatomy, physiology, microbiology, pharmacology and pathophysiology of each system. The final week of the PISCE 5 course will be an Integration Week. During that week, the PA and MD students will work together on integrated cases to revisit and connect the material they have learned across the PISCE 5 course.
• GMS PS 735: PRINSCIMED 6
  The modules of the PISCE 6 course include the Gastroenterology, Nutrition, Dermatology, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal systems. These modules will build on the material already studied in the PISCE 1-5 courses focusing on the integration of foundational basic science knowledge and clinical medicine and will prepare the students for the PISCE 7 course. The Gastroenterology, Nutrition, Dermatology, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal modules will incorporate pathology, anatomy, physiology, microbiology, pharmacology and pathophysiology of each system. The final week of the PISCE 6 course will be an Integration Week. During that week, the PA and MD students will work together on integrated cases to revisit and connect the material they have learned across the PISCE 6 course.
• GMS PS 736: PRINSCIMED 7
  The PISCE 7 course is the final 10 weeks of the second year of the didactic phase. These 10 weeks will focus on integrated cases which are based on the BUSM Core patient presentations that will revisit prior foundational science, clinical science, and social science content in patient cases. Each week during these Integration Weeks, students will be immersed in patient cases that begin with a patient presentation to a clinic or ER and will evolve over the week to navigating patient signs, symptoms, labs and imaging to reinforce the connection of foundational science to patient data they will see in the clinical phase of the PA program. These cases will also introduce students to patient cases that are representative of the patient population at Boston Medical Center. All cases will be based on real patient cases and will integrate teaching about our unique populations, highlighting knowledge and skills needed to address the diverse patients and populations. Some health equity themes that will be highlighted in these cases include poverty, social determinants of health, health equity, racism in medicine, behavioral medicine, and population health. The patient populations highlighted in diagnostic cases will include patients with substance use disorder, refugees and immigrants, gender and sexually diverse patients (LGBTQ ) and black, indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC).
• GMS PS 742: Clinical Practicum
  This course prepares the PA student to synthesize their basic science and clinical medicine knowledge to approach a patient. The PA student will also learn to create a portion of the medical record. The course utilizes traditional lectures, clinical reasoning sessions, journal clubs and hospital sessions for instruction.
• GMS PS 743: Clinical Practicum 2
  This course prepares the PA student to synthesize their basic science and clinical medicine knowledge to approach a patient and builds on what they have learned in ICM and CP I. The PA student will also learn to create the entire medical record and develop their oral presentation skills. The course utilizes traditional lectures, clinical reasoning sessions, journal clubs and hospital sessions for instruction.
• GMS PS 798: Advanced Clinical Medicine 2
  The Advanced Clinical Medicine 2 course address several specific areas of need for PA students that are not presented in the Principles Integrating Science, Clinical Medicine and Equity (PISCE) 1-7 courses including specific populations of patients, clinical procedures and preparatory skills needed for clinical rotations. Students will learn about the epidemiology, disease pattern differences, and therapeutic considerations of a variety of conditions previously studied in PISCE 1-7 courses. Clinical procedures related to the practice of medicine will be taught and practiced using simulation. This course will continue to develop the clinical reasoning skills of the PA student that was first introduced in the Clinical Practicum course. These topics prepare students for clinical rotations to care for patients across the life span and to participate in the care of patients in the clinical year.
• GMS PS 799: Advanced Clinical Medicine 3
  The Advanced Clinical Medicine 3 course address several specific areas of need for PA students that are not presented in the Principles Integrating Science, Clinical Medicine and Equity (PISCE) 1-7 courses including specific populations of patients, clinical procedures and preparatory skills needed for clinical rotations. Students will learn about the epidemiology, disease pattern differences, and therapeutic considerations of a variety of conditions previously studied in PISCE 1-7 courses. Clinical procedures related to the practice of medicine will be taught and practiced using simulation. This course will continue to develop the clinical reasoning skills of the PA student that was first introduced in the Clinical Practicum course. These topics prepare students for clinical rotations to care for patients across the life span and to participate in the care of patients in the clinical year.
• GMS PS 800: Internal Medicine 1
  Clinical rotation. PA Students only.
• GMS PS 802: Internal Medicine 2
  Clinical rotation. PA Students only.
• GMS PS 803: Primary Care 1
  Clinical rotation. PA Students only.
• GMS PS 804: Primary Care 2
  Clinical rotation. PA Students only.
• GMS PS 805: Emergency Medicine
  Clinical rotation. PA Students only.
• GMS PS 806: Pediatrics
  Clinical rotation. PA Students only.
• GMS PS 807: Psychiatry
  Clinical rotation. PA Students only.
• GMS PS 808: Ob/Gyn
  Clinical rotation. PA Students only.
• GMS PS 809: Surgery
  Clinical rotation. PA Students only.
• GMS PS 870: PA Profession Course
  This course prepares the PA student for professional clinical practice. Concepts taught include but are not limited to advanced clinical reasoning, billing and coding, health care reform as it relates to the delivery of primary care and how to apply for and successfully garner employment as a PA and hospital credentialing. The course utilizes traditional lectures, case-based discussions and patient presentations for instruction.
• GMS PS 901: Interventional Radiology
  Clinical rotation. PA Students only
• GMS PS 902: Lab Medicine
  Clinical rotation. PA Students only.