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The required physician assistant curriculum for the master’s degree is designed to be completed in 27 months. This is the physician assistant curriculum you can expect to follow:
DELIVERY METHODS
The Physician Assistant (PA) program utilizes a hybrid synchronous delivery method for its non-SCPE courses. Instruction is delivered live and in-person, with faculty teaching from either the main campus or the distant campus. Both campuses are connected through video conferencing technology, enabling real-time interaction between students and instructors across locations. Courses that include laboratory components are conducted in-person on each student's home campus, ensuring hands-on learning opportunities. All assessments, including examinations, are administered in-person on the student's home campus. Full-time faculty are present on both campuses, maintaining comparable student-faculty ratios to ensure equitable access to personalized instruction and support. This approach fosters a collaborative, interactive, and consistent learning environment for all students, regardless of campus location.
ONLINE Delivery (synchronous)
PA 524 and PA 525 include small group work, and the program has found benefit in delivering these sessions online where students from the different campuses may interact.  Additionally, some course sessions may move to online synchronous delivery to accommodate campus closures or programmatic events.
CLINICAL COURSES (SCPEs)
SCPE courses are conducted in the clinical setting.  Students will be required to return to campus for End-of-Rotation activities and evaluations.
Fall Semester: 15 weeks
Spring Semester: 16 weeks
Summer Semester: 11 weeks
Course
Credit hours
PA 519 Medical Diagnostics
PA 524 Topic Exploration I
PA 527 Healthcare Issues
PA 530 Clinical Medicine I
PA 538 Patient Assessment I
PA 541 Pharmacology I
PA 545 Clinical Anatomy and Pathophysiology I
IPE 701 Inter-Professional Education
Total Semester Hours
19
Course
Credit hours
PA 525 Topic Exploration II
PA 529 Medical Diagnostics II
PA 531 Clinical Medicine II
PA 539 Patient Assessment II
PA 542 Pharmacology II
PA 548 Clinical Anatomy and Pathophysiology II
PA 580 Research, Epidemiology, Statistics
IPE 700 Inter-Professional Education
IPE 702 Inter-Professional Education Introduction II
Total Semester Hours
21
Course
Credit hours
PA 528 Healthcare Issues II
PA 532 Clinical Medicine III
PA 540 Patient Assessment III
PA 543 Pharmacology III
PA 550 Emergency Medicine
PA 552 Medical Procedures: Surgery
PA 553 Pediatrics
PA 554 Women’s Health
Total Semester Hours
17
Fall Semester: 15 weeks
Spring Semester: 16 weeks
Summer Semester: 11 weeks
Fall Semester: 15 weeks
Supervised Clinical Professional Experiences (SCPE)
Course / Rotation
Credit hours
PA 521 Clinical Orientation
PA 611 Clinical Transitions
10
1 four-week Supervised Clinical Practice Experience (SCPE)
PA 620 Capstone I
ACLS and BLS Training
Total Semester Hours
16
Course / Rotation
Credit hours
4 four-week Supervised Clinical Profession Experiences (SCPE 2, 3, 4, 5)
16
Total Semester Hours
16
Course / Rotation
Credit hours
2 four-week SCPE (SCPE 6, 7)
PA 623 Professional Development
Total Semester Hours
Courses / Rotations
Credit hours
3 four-week SCPE (SCPE 8, 9, 10)
12
PA 624 PANCE Preparation
PA 710 Summative Evaluation
PA 720 Capstone II
Total Semester Hours
18
SCPE
Credit hours
PA 600 Ambulatory Medicine I
PA 602 Internal Medicine
PA 603 Pediatrics
PA 604 Psychiatry / Behavioral Health
PA 605 General Surgery
PA 606 Women’s Health
PA 607 Emergency Medicine
PA 608 Elective Rotation I
PA 609 Elective Rotation II
PA 610 Ambulatory Medicine II
Wingate University PA Program supports a culture of learning and sharing information gained through practice among clinical year students:
Two elective rotations in the clinical year provide students with unique opportunities for student learning and practical experience in a medical field of interest which build upon the knowledge and skills gained in the didactic year and in completed required clinical rotations. At the end of the Elective I experience, clinical students present interesting cases, in Grand Rounds format, to program faculty and peers that highlight evolving areas and new trends in medicine.
A culminating Capstone Project, requires students to apply knowledge and skills obtained throughout their graduate studies to identify and critically analyze quality improvement initiatives in healthcare aimed at improving the effectiveness and reliability of health processes and outcomes. Students present an oral summation of their Capstone Project to both peers and Wingate PA faculty in their final semester.
Successful completion of the above culminates in Commencement and sitting for the
national certification examination
. You’re one step closer to achieving your dream and entering the profession!
2025-2026 PA Student Handbook
Preceptor Website
Wingate Campus
(704) 233-8051
pa@wingate.edu
Hendersonville Campus
(828) 309-0609
pahendersonville@wingate.edu