Curriculum Overview

Our 29 month-long program is constantly evolving to prepare our students for tomorrow's healthcare challenges. Students learn from faculty educators, alumni, and clinical preceptors, and train with award-winning specialists across Emory healthcare and metro-Atlanta.

Our Didactic Phase

The didactic phase is 17-months long, and is guided by dynamic evidence-based approaches to learning through lecture, discussion, case-based learning, simulation, skills labs and patient encounters

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Our Clinical Phase

Our dynamic Clinical Phase is 12-months long and gives you unparalleled access to clinical preceptors and specialties across metro-Atlanta and beyond.

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Courses by Semester

Fall 1

Course Number	Course Name	Credit hours
BAHS 7000	Gross Anatomy	5
BAHS 7001	Foundations of Medical Science	3
PAE 7100	Medical Communications	2
PAE 7102	Intro to Patient Assessment	5
PAE 7103	Biomedical Ethics	2
Total Credit Hours		17

Spring 1

Course Number	Course Name	Credit hours
PAE 7107	Learning Society I	2
PAE 7101	Found of Community & Social Medicine	2
PAE 7002	Intro to Epidemiology/Biostatistics	2
PAE 7107	Fundamentals of Psychiatry	2
PAE 7200	Fundamentals of Dermatology	3
PAE 7201	Fundamentals of Hematology/Oncology	2
PAE 7203	Fundamentals of Cardiology	4
PAE 7204	Fundamentals of Pulmonology/EENT	4
Total Credit Hours		21

Summer 1

Course Number	Course Name	Credit hours
PAE 7307	Learning Society II	2
PAE 7105	Professional Issues I	2
PAE 7205	Fundamentals of Endocrinology	3
PAE 7206	Fundamentals of GI	3
PAE 7207	Fundamentals of Nephrology/GU	3
PAE 7208	Fundamentals of Rheumatology & Orthopedics	3
Total Credit Hours		16

Fall 2

Course Number	Course Name	Credit hours
PAE 7507	Learning Society III	2
PAE 7106	Professional Issues II	2
PAE 7209	Fundamentals of Neurology	2
PAE 7300	Fundamentals of Obstetrics & Gynecology	3
PAE 7306	Fundamentals of Pediatrics	2
PAE 7305	Fundamentals of Surgery & Emergency Medicine	4
PAE 7304	Fundamentals of Geriatrics	3
Total Credit Hours		19

Clinical Year Rotations

Course Number	Course Name	Credit hours
PAE 7400	Psychiatry	4
PAE 7401	General Surgery	4
PAE 7402	Emergency Medicine	4
PAE 7403	Obstetrics/Gynecology	4
PAE 7405	Pediatrics	4
PAE 7406	Internal Medicine	4
PAE 7407	Family Medicine	4
PAE 7410	Primary Care Directive	4
PAE 7500	Clinical Elective I	4
PAE 7501	Clinical Elective II	4
PAE 7502	Clinical Elective III	4
PAE 7801	Senior Thesis I	2
PAE 7802	Senior Thesis II	2
PAE 7503	Senior Thesis III	2