2 years
(6 terms, including 2 summer terms)
2 years
(6 terms, including 2 summer terms)
The PAS Hybrid Program curriculum combines didactic courses with clinical rotations to equip students with the necessary skills to become health care leaders as PAs at the end of the two-year program.
Each student must complete the program within five calendar years of their first day of class in their first term.
The program works to build and maintain a strong pool of clinical sites and preceptors across the United States, including accepting suggestions from prospective and enrolled students. The program evaluates clinical sites and preceptors for educational suitability, among other important considerations.
Spring Term
Summer Term
Fall Term
All didactic courses are sequential and should be successfully completed in order to progress to the next term of the curriculum. Since each course in the program is offered only once during each academic year, any departure from completing a course in its planned sequence (e.g. failure to receive a passing grade of ‘C’ or better, leave of absence from the program) may result in a delay which may require retaking the course the following year, as well as delays in completing the program.
Students who are not located in an area near available clinical sites may need to relocate in order to complete the program. Keep in mind the program clinical education team works with students to avoid or minimize this to the best of our ability. Per program policy, prospective and enrolled students are never required to provide or solicit clinical sites or preceptors.
The order in which a student completes all of the below clinical courses may vary, so course numbers are not listed by discipline.
Learn more about the Supervised Clinical Practice Experiences and background check requirements.
Spring Term
Summer Term
Fall Term
Transition to Professional Practice
The Transition to Professional Practice course combines instruction and immersive learning opportunities on practical issues as they relate to the practicing PA, especially the new graduates, with evaluation instruments that measure if and verify that the learner has met the learning outcomes of the program and has the knowledge, interpersonal skills, clinical and technical skills, professional behaviors, clinical reasoning and problem-solving abilities required for PA practice. This course includes a summative assessment of each student that must occur within four months of their graduation.
The ARC-PA has granted Accreditation-Provisional status to the University of Pittsburgh Physician Assistant Studies Hybrid Program sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh.
Accreditation-Provisional is an accreditation status granted when the plans and resource allocation, if fully implemented as planned, of a proposed program that has not yet enrolled students appear to demonstrate the program’s ability to meet the ARC-PA Standards or when a program holding Accreditation-Provisional status appears to demonstrate continued progress in complying with the Standards as it prepares for the graduation of the first class (cohort) of students.
Accreditation-Provisional does not ensure any subsequent accreditation status.
It is limited to no more than five years from matriculation of the first class. The program’s accreditation history can be viewed on the ARC-PA website at http://www.arc-pa.org/accreditation-history-university-of-Pittsburgh-hybrid/.
