“COPC is designed for clinicians to apply public health in clinical settings. COPC can be applied with any community, domestic or international, for any clinical issue. PAs who graduate from our program are equipped to assess, design, implement, and evaluate community health interventions with current technologies. Our students have learned how to analyze electronic health records at a population level and design mobile phone apps. With the changing health care environment, there is an expectation for clinical practices to address population health. COPC seeks to address and offer solutions to improve the lives of our patients and communities.”
Freya Spielberg, MD, MPH
Director COPC
Associate Professor
COPC...
- is designed for clinicians.
- is assessment, design, implementation, and evaluation of public health programs.
- implements public health in clinical settings.
- is in any community, across various health issues.
For more information please see the Milken Institute School of Public Health - COPC.
Year 1, Semester 1
|
Course Number |
Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PubH 6002 | Biostatistical Applications for Public Health | 3 |
| PubH 6003 | Principles and Practice of Epidemiology | 3 |
| PubH 6007 | Social and Behavioral Approaches to Public Health | 2 |
| PubH 6011 | Environmental and Biological Foundations of Public Health | 3 |
| PubH 6012 | Fundamentals of Health Policy | 2 |
| PubH 6021 | Essentials of PH Practice and Leadership 1 - Leading Self and Teams in PH | 1 |
| PubH 6591 | Leadership Seminar for PA/MPH Students-Elective | 1 |
| ANAT 6215 | Anatomy for Health Sciences Students | 3 |
| Total Semester Credits | 18 |
Year 1, Semester 2
|
Course Number |
Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PubH 6500 | Planning & Administration of Health Promotion Disease Prevention Programs | 3 |
| PubH 6504 | Social & Behavioral Science Research Methods | 3 |
| PubH 6510 | COPC Principles and Practice | 3 |
| PubH 6516 | Community Health Information Resources | 2 |
| PubH 6022 | Essentials of PH Practice and Leadership 2 - Managing Organizations and Influencing Systems in PH | 1 |
| PA 6122 | Role of PA in American Health Care | 2 |
| Total Semester Credits | 14 |
Year 1, Semester 3
|
Course Number |
Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PubH 6501 | Evaluation of Health Promotion Disease Prevention Programs | 3 |
| PubH 6512 | COPC Primary Care Policy & Issues | 2 |
| PubH 6513 | Community Health Management | 2 |
| PubH 6015 | Culminating Experience | 2 |
| PubH 65XX | Elective | 2 |
| PubH 6023 | Interprofessional Educational Experience | 0 |
| PA 6119 | Health, Justice, Society II | 1 |
| Total Semester Credits | 12 |
Year 2, Semester 1 (PA Only Courses)
|
Course Number |
Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PA 6101 | Clinical Assessment I | 4 |
| PA 6104 | Integration into Clinical Concepts I | 2 |
| PA 6109 | Foundations of Medicine | 5 |
| PA 6111 | Evidence-Based Practice for PA/MPH Students | 1 |
| PHYL 6211 | Physiology for Health Sciences Students | 3 |
| Total Semester Credits | 15 |
Year 2, Semester 2 (PA Only Courses)
|
Course Number |
Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PA 6102 | Clinical Assessment II | 1 |
| PA 6105 | Integration into Clinical Concepts II | 2 |
| PA 6112 | Clinical Medicine I | 7 |
| PA 6116 | Clinical Skills I | 1 |
| PA 6120 | Human Behavior | 3 |
| PHAR 6207 | Basic Principles of Pharmacology | 2 |
| Total Semester Credits | 16 |
Year 2, Semester 3 (PA Only Courses)
|
Course Number |
Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PA 6103 | Clinical Assessment III | 1 |
| PA 6106 | Integration into Clinical Concepts III | 2 |
| PA 6113 | Clinical Medicine II | 7 |
| PA 6117 | Clinical Skills II | 1 |
| PA 6121 | Clinical Specialties | 6 |
| PHAR 6208 | Pharm in Dis. Pathophysiology | 2 |
| Total Semester Credits | 19 |
Year 3, Semester 1-3 (PA Rotations)
|
Course Number |
Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PA 6259 | Introduction to Clinical Education | 2 |
| PA 6261 | Inpatient Medicine Clinical Practicum | 5 |
| PA 6262 | Primary Care Care Clinical Practicum | 5 |
| PA 6263 | Surgical Inpatient Clinical Practicum | 5 |
| PA 6264 | Women's Health Clinical Practicum | 5 |
| PA 6265 | Pediatrics Clinical Practicum | 5 |
| PA 6266 | Emergency Medicine Clinical Practicum | 5 |
| PA 6267 | Behavioral Medicine Clinical Practicum | 5 |
| PA 6268 | Elective Clinical Practicum | 5 |
| PA 6300 | Introduction to Professional Practice | 2 |
| Clinical Year Total Credits | 44 |