Additional information, including specific application opening and closing dates, is anticipated to be available by November 13. Please check back after that date for updates.
The Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) provides learners with the competencies and clinical skills necessary to provide high-quality patient care and address complex clinical problems within a collaborative healthcare environment. Graduates of the MPAS are well prepared to become licenced clinicians and health system leaders, able make evidence-based judgements in their clinical practice and through the advancement of health knowledge and healthcare innovations. Informed by Temerty Medicine’s commitment to social accountability, graduates of the program are well prepared to serve diverse communities, including those that have been historically underserved.
The MPAS is a two-year, full-time professional master’s program. The program curriculum is grounded in PA professional competency frameworks, delivered using both online and in-person modalities. Most of the course work is delivered and completed online, with in-person campus blocks dispersed throughout the two years of the program to enable and support essential hands-on skills training, simulations, high-stakes competency assessments, and professional identify formation. Each campus block is one to three weeks in duration, held at the Scarborough Academic of Medicine and Integrated Health (SAMIH) at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC).
Year 2 of the program includes 44 weeks of in-person clinical placements in which learners integrate of medical knowledge with clinical practice. These 44 weeks include seven placements in core specialties and three elective placements, held at diverse settings across Ontario. The clinical placements provide comprehensive exposure to the scope of PA practice and ensure that graduates are prepared for professional practice.
The MPAS is a full-time only program, with mandatory attendance for all components of the program, regardless of mode of delivery.
