Dr. Scott Petrich
Director of Pre-Health Sciences
Safety Officer of Chemistry Department
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Office: (417) 873-7566
spetrich@drury.edu
Barbara Woolery
Academic Department Secretary
Office: 417-873-7433
bwoolery@drury.edu
About the Pre-Anesthesiologist Assistant Program
Assistants are health professionals who work under the direction of anesthesiologists to develop and implement anesthesia care plans. They are usually responsible for gathering preliminary information, assisting the anesthesiologist during surgery, and monitoring patient’s recovery. In order to be eligible for AA schools, students must have obtained their bachelor’s degree and taken either the MCAT or the GRE. Anesthetist assistant programs usually are two years in length and offer a master’s degree upon graduation. As of this printing, there are only three schools in the U.S. with Anesthesiologist Assistants Graduate Programs.
Program Curriculum:
CORE 101: Drury Seminar
BIOL 101: Molecular Biology
BIOL 102: Mechanisms of Inheritance
CHEM 115/112L: General Chemistry
CHEM 238/238L: Inorganic Chemistry
MATH 231: Calculus I
MATH 227: Statistics
PHYS 211: General Physics I
PHYS 212: General Physics II
CHEM 315/315L: Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 415/415L: Advanced Organic Chemistry
ENGL 207: Expository Writing
CHEM/BIOL 336: Biochemistry
BIOL 205: Human Anatamoy
BIOL 206: Human Physiology
