Contact the ECU Health Patient Transfer Center at 1-800-816-7264 or 252-847-7777. Direct Admit Process To request a direct admit for your patient, call the ECU Health Patient Transfer Center at 252-847-7777.
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Is ECU physicians open on Saturdays?
Our providers use state-of-the-art technology to engage our patients in the management of their health care through a secure online patient portal call "My Chart". This location of ECU Physicians is open on Saturdays for our patients who have an urgent / non-life threatening need.
Does ECU have a physician assistant program?
Physician assistants do not have to complete a residency or internship. ECU offers the only state-supported physician assistant program in North Carolina. The College of Allied Health Sciences is the largest university-based allied-health provider in the state.
What is an ECU health facility?
Vidant Health (ECU Health) facilities are private, not-for-profit entities that treat all patients regardless of ability to pay. However, we also recognize that in order to continue providing medical services to the region, we must pursue collections for unresolved balances on patient bills.
How do I access MyChart as an ECU patient?
ECU Physicians patients can access their MyChart account through Vidant Health's website. Sign In to MyChart Sign up with Activation Code Sign up online Pay My ECU Physicians Bill
What is the ECU assessment?
What is the clinical phase of ECU?
What does a PA do?
What is the goal of a physician assistant?
Is ECU accredited?
Is ECU a state supported program?
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Physician Assistant The Degree. The goal of the Physician Assistant Studies program at East Carolina University is to provide a primary care-oriented, rural-based training program for entry-level health-care professionals.
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Mission, Vision, Values, Goals The mission of the Physician Assistant Studies Master of Science Program at MUSC is to graduate highly competent physician assistants who are compassionate, culturally aware and attuned to the primary healthcare needs of the people of South Carolina and beyond.
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What is the ECU assessment?
The assessment for this program is a Physician Assistant Summative Examination.
What is the clinical phase of ECU?
The highly structured rigorous curriculum is divided into 2 phases, the didactic phase and clinical phase. The didactic phase consists of traditional lectures, small group teaching, hands on and skills labs, simulation, active learning and case-based learning. The didactic phase is 15 months in length and consists of 59 semester hours conducted on ECU's Health Science campus. The clinical phase is delivered over a 12-month period and consists of 46 semester hours of clinical rotations (8 required and 2 elective). During clinical rotations students spend 4-6 weeks in areas such as family medicine, woman's health, pediatrics, emergency medicine, surgery, hospital and clinic based internal medicine, psychiatry and geriatrics where they are mentored by licensed health-care professionals (physicians and physician assistants) to develop competence in: Professionalism, performing history and physicals, ordering and interpreting lab studies and imaging modalities, critical thinking and differential diagnosis generation; and developing management plans which are required to graduate and enter clinical practice.
What does a PA do?
As a physician assistant (PA), you will provide health-care services under the supervision of physicians. PAs take medical histories, examine and treat patients, order and interpret laboratory tests and X-rays, make diagnoses, and prescribe medications. They also treat minor injuries by suturing, splinting, and casting.
What is the goal of a physician assistant?
The goal of the physician assistant program is to provide a primary care-oriented, rural-based training program for entry-level health-care professionals. You must have a bachelor's degree before entering the intensive 27-month PA professional track which begins in August of each year. As a physician assistant (PA), ...
Is ECU accredited?
The Department of Physician Assistant Studies in the College of Allied Health Sciences at East Carolina University (ECU) has held continued accreditation since 1996 with students gradu ating from the program receiving a master of science in physician assistant studies. The program is focused on providing the skills, knowledge, and professional behaviors necessary to provide: high-quality, compassionate, evidenced based, professional, patient centered, interdisciplinary primary care to those in rural/medically-underserved areas of eastern North Carolina and beyond.
Is ECU a state supported program?
ECU offers the only state-supported physician assistant program in North Carolina. The College of Allied Health Sciences is the largest university-based allied-health provider in the state. The college has eight departments: Addictions and Rehabilitation Studies, Biostatistics, Clinical Laboratory Science, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Health Services and Information Management, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Physician Assistant , and offers degrees on the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels.
What is the ECU assessment?
The assessment for this program is a Physician Assistant Summative Examination.
What is the clinical phase of ECU?
The highly structured rigorous curriculum is divided into 2 phases, the didactic phase and clinical phase. The didactic phase consists of traditional lectures, small group teaching, hands on and skills labs, simulation, active learning and case-based learning. The didactic phase is 15 months in length and consists of 59 semester hours conducted on ECU's Health Science campus. The clinical phase is delivered over a 12-month period and consists of 46 semester hours of clinical rotations (8 required and 2 elective). During clinical rotations students spend 4-6 weeks in areas such as family medicine, woman's health, pediatrics, emergency medicine, surgery, hospital and clinic based internal medicine, psychiatry and geriatrics where they are mentored by licensed health-care professionals (physicians and physician assistants) to develop competence in: Professionalism, performing history and physicals, ordering and interpreting lab studies and imaging modalities, critical thinking and differential diagnosis generation; and developing management plans which are required to graduate and enter clinical practice.
What does a PA do?
As a physician assistant (PA), you will provide health-care services under the supervision of physicians. PAs take medical histories, examine and treat patients, order and interpret laboratory tests and X-rays, make diagnoses, and prescribe medications. They also treat minor injuries by suturing, splinting, and casting.
What is the goal of a physician assistant?
The goal of the physician assistant program is to provide a primary care-oriented, rural-based training program for entry-level health-care professionals. You must have a bachelor's degree before entering the intensive 27-month PA professional track which begins in August of each year. As a physician assistant (PA), ...
Is ECU accredited?
The Department of Physician Assistant Studies in the College of Allied Health Sciences at East Carolina University (ECU) has held continued accreditation since 1996 with students gradu ating from the program receiving a master of science in physician assistant studies. The program is focused on providing the skills, knowledge, and professional behaviors necessary to provide: high-quality, compassionate, evidenced based, professional, patient centered, interdisciplinary primary care to those in rural/medically-underserved areas of eastern North Carolina and beyond.
Is ECU a state supported program?
ECU offers the only state-supported physician assistant program in North Carolina. The College of Allied Health Sciences is the largest university-based allied-health provider in the state. The college has eight departments: Addictions and Rehabilitation Studies, Biostatistics, Clinical Laboratory Science, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Health Services and Information Management, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Physician Assistant , and offers degrees on the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels.
