Graduate Curriculum Committee Course Proposal Form for Courses
Numbered 6000 and Higher
Note: Before completing this form, please carefully read the accompanying instructions.
1. Course prefix and number:
PADP 6380
2. Date:
9/17/2011
3. Requested action:
New Course
X
Revision of Active Course
Revision & Unbanking of a Banked Course
Renumbering of an Existing Course from
from
to
#
X
Required
#
Elective
4. Method(s) of delivery (check all boxes that apply for both current/proposed and expected
future delivery methods within the next three years):
Current or
Proposed Delivery
Method(s):
X
On-campus (face to face)
Expected
Future Delivery
Method(s):
X
Distance Course (face to face off campus)
Online (delivery of 50% or more of the instruction is offered online)
5. Justification (must cite accreditation and/or assessment by the graduate faculty) for new course
or course revision or course renumbering:
An ongoing assessment by the graduate faculty in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies
determined the need to change the credit hours of this course. Geriatric Clinical Practicum will
change from six weeks to four weeks and from five semester credit hours to four semester credit
hours to accommodate the addition of two elective practicums into the curriculum. This course
meets the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)
following standards:
B2.06 The program curriculum must include instruction in the provision of clinical medical care
across the life span.
B2.08 The program curriculum must include instruction in the social and behavioral sciences as
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well as normal and abnormal development across the life span.
B3.03 Supervised clinical practice experiences must provide sufficient patient exposure to allow
each student to meet program-defined requirements with patients seeking:
a) medical care across the life span to include, infants, children, adolescents, adults, and the
elderly,
b) women’s health (to include prenatal and gynecologic care),
c) care for conditions requiring surgical management, including pre- operative, intra-operative,
post-operative care and
d) care for behavioral and mental health conditions.
6. Course description exactly as it should appear in the next catalog:
6380. Geriatrics Clinical Practicum. (4) P: Consent of instructor. Clinical experience with
aging population focusing on unique medical, psychosocial, environmental, and cultural aspects
of aging.
7. If this is a course revision, briefly describe the requested change:
An ongoing assessment by the graduate faculty in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies
determined the need to change the credit hours of this course. Geriatric Clinical Practicum will
change from six weeks to four weeks and from five semester credit hours to four semester credit
hours to accommodate the addition of two elective practicums into the curriculum.
8. Course credit:
Lecture Hours
Weekly
OR
Per Term
Credit Hours
s.h.
Lab
Weekly
OR
Per Term
Credit Hours
s.h.
Studio
Weekly
OR
Per Term
Credit Hours
s.h.
Weekly
OR
Per Term
Credit Hours
Weekly
OR
Per Term
Credit Hours
Practicum
Internship
40
4
s.h.
Other (e.g., independent study) Please explain.
s.h.
4
Total Credit Hours
9. Anticipated annual student enrollment:
s.h.
s.h.
35
10. Changes in degree hours of your programs:
Degree(s)/Program(s)
Changes in Degree Hours
MS in Physician Assistant Studies
No
11. Affected degrees or academic programs, other than your programs:
Degree(s)/Program(s)
Changes in Degree Hours
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None
None
12. Overlapping or duplication with affected units or programs:
X Not applicable
Documentation of notification to the affected academic degree programs is
attached.
13. Council for Teacher Education (CTE) approval (for courses affecting teacher education):
X Not applicable
Applicable and CTE has given their approval.
14. University Service-Learning Committee (USLC) approval:
X Not applicable
Applicable and USLC has given their approval.
15. Statements of support:
a. Staff
X Current staff is adequate
Additional staff is needed (describe needs in the box below):
b. Facilities
X Current facilities are adequate
Additional facilities are needed (describe needs in the box below):
c. Library
X
Initial library resources are adequate
Initial resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief explanation and an
estimate for the cost of acquisition of required initial resources):
d. Unit computer resources
X
Unit computer resources are adequate
Additional unit computer resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief
explanation and an estimate for the cost of acquisition):
e. ITCS resources
X
ITCS resources are not needed
The following ITCS resources are needed (put a check beside each need):
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Mainframe computer system
Statistical services
Network connections
Computer lab for students
Software
Approval from the Director of ITCS attached
16. Course information (see: Graduate Curriculum and Program Development Manual for
instructions):
a. Textbook(s) and/or readings: author(s), name, publication date, publisher, and
city/state/country. Include ISBN (when applicable).
Arenson, C. (2009) Reichel’s Care of the Elderly, 6th edition. Cambridge University Press.
ISBN-13: 978-0521869294.
b. Course objectives for the course (student – centered, behavioral focus)
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
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Evaluate the presentations of the most common clinical geriatric entities in the
primary care settings.
Demonstrate diagnostic and management skills for geriatric patients presenting
in the ambulatory and inpatient settings.
Formulate geriatric treatment plans appropriate for use in the primary care
setting
Perform complete histories and physical examinations and assemble the
findings in the correct documentation required in the SOAP format.
Select and interpret laboratory and diagnostic tests pertinent to geriatric
entities, and demonstrate knowledge of the laboratory tests required to monitor
patients on certain medications.
Develop and utilize materials to educate the geriatric patient about their
particular pathology and therapeutic regimen.
Utilize library and interactive computer tools for research, study, literature
review, and consultation.
Assemble and evaluate the community resources and support groups available
to geriatric patients in the rural and urban setting.
Exhibit and incorporate into practice the concept of the dependent nature of the
PA profession and the concept of the collaborative relationship of the
PA/Physician Team.
c. Course topic outline
Students will complete patient evaluations and treatment plans under preceptor supervision for
patients with the following conditions:
1.
HEENT Geriatric Disease
2.
Cardiovascular Geriatric Disease
3.
Pulmonary Geriatric Disease
4.
Gastrointestinal Geriatric Disease
5.
Genito-urinary Geriatric Disease
6.
Orthopedic Injury and Geriatric Disease
7.
Endocrine Geriatric Disease
8.
Gynecological Geriatric Disease
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9.
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Neurologic Geriatric Disease
Dermatologic Geriatric Disorders
Psychiatric Geriatric Disorders
d. List of course assignments, weighting of each assignment, and grading/evaluation system
for determining a grade
Preceptor Evaluation
End of Rotation Test
Total
40%
60%
100%
Grading Scale
90-100% = A
80-89% = B
70-79% = C
Less than 70% = F
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