Physician Assistants are health care professionals licensed to practice medicine with physician supervision. Common services provided by a PA include taking medical histories and performing physical examinations, ordering and interpreting lab tests, diagnosing and treating illnesses, assisting in surgery, prescribing medication, and counseling patients. Being a physician assistant is both rewarding and challenging. Once you pass the national certification exam, you can practice in any specialty that you choose, in any state in the United States and in some countries. Early exposure to medicine with Medical Terminology and Introduction to Medicine courses completed in your first three years of study. An arrangement of these introductory PA courses allows for role concept and knowledge base development, while providing a bridge to the physician assistant training curriculum in the last two years. Guaranteed progression in the major as long as Standards are met. Completion of a strong-liberal arts foundation.