Prerequisites

CONTINGENT APPLICATIONS: If you are currently taking, or have not yet taken certain prerequisite course(s), complete the check list in the application and explain what, when and where you will complete the necessary course work.
This action plan must be received and approved by the application deadline. Your application may then be considered for contingent admission. A letter requesting contingent admission should be attached to your application. The Committee will only accept plans which specifically demonstrate these prerequisites. Prerequisites must be successfully completed prior to the beginning PA training.

• NUTRITION: Course work which concentrates on physiologic requirements for human growth and development. Role of nutrition in health and disease. General concepts of diet as a therapy.
• MEDICAL ETHICS: An exploration of moral issues specific to health care delivery and medical research. This course will have examined issues such as euthanasia, abortion, human experimentation, assisted suicide and bias in access to health care.
• STATISTICS:Advanced statistical methods and their applications to human science research. Includes probability models, descriptive, correlational and basic inferential statistics. Students should be familiar with use of statistical software packages for the analysis of both descriptive and inferential statistics.
• ADVANCED PHYSIOLOGY:Course explaining the functional organization of all organ systems of the body, its metabolism, and the application of physiologic principles to living organisms. Focus on human/medical physiology only, combination physiology and anatomy courses are not acceptable, pathophysiology is not acceptable. Usually a 300 level course or greater.
• MICROBIOLOGY: A survey of microorganisms with emphasis on bacterial, parasitic and viral pathogens, must include laboratory techniques.
• DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: A life span perspective on developmental and maturational tasks from birth to death. The Committee may consider a series of courses to meet this requirement provided it minimally includes: Child Psychology; Adolescence and Psychology of Aging.

University of Detroit Mercy Physician Assistant Program
Pre-Requisite Course Equivalencies as of March 2007