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 and/or inpatient clinical settings. Students will have the opportunity to perform well-child screening/preventative examinations, perform problem-focused examinations, and develop and implement care management plans for common acute and chronic medical and behavioral health conditions in pediatric patients. Students are expected to spend a minimum of 36 hours per week providing patient care at the clinical rotation site.