4 credit hours
Prerequisite: Completion of the didactic year of the Drury University Physician Assistant Program.
The five-week pediatric supervised clinical practice experience is designed to give students the opportunity to evaluate, diagnose, and manage pediatric patients from birth through age 18 in outpatient clinical settings. Students will have the opportunity to perform well-child screening and preventative examinations, perform problem-focused examinations, and develop and implement care management plans for acute and chronic medical conditions in pediatric patients. Students are expected to spend a minimum of 36 hours per week providing patient care at the clinical rotation site.