PA Program in Chicago, Illinois

Our active faculty delivers instruction in a variety of methods - including in-class instruction, case-based learning, simulations, skills training and more. You will work through medical case scenarios as you would in clinical practice. The first year of our PA program in Chicago is instruction-focused, with the following 12 months spent in clerkships. 

Practice medical procedures and protocols with high-fidelity mannequin simulators, patient monitoring equipment and a birthing simulator in the safe environment of Chamberlain’s SIMCARE CENTER™. Hone history and physical exam skills, observe structured clinical exams and other procedural skills such as suturing, ultrasound imaging, joint injections, lumbar puncture, chest tube and central line insertions in our PA lab exam rooms.

Benefit from Chamberlain’s extensive relationships with healthcare providers in Chicago to learn from quality preceptors across a variety of settings. In at least one rotation, you will serve a diverse, underrepresented community, giving you the opportunity to help real people right in Chicago.

Our Chicago physician assistant program is structured to successfully prepare you for the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination® (PANCE).

Chamberlain’s PA program is committed to ensuring that our graduates have the competencies required for PA clinical practice. The following are the program learning outcomes/competencies our graduates will have achieved:  

Medical Knowledge
Apply medical knowledge in the assessment, diagnosis and management of patients across the lifespan to prevent, diagnose, and treat acute, chronic, urgent, and emergent disease states.

Interpersonal & Communications Skills 
Communicates effectively with patient populations and other healthcare providers in managing the healthcare of individuals, families, aggregates, and communities. 

Clinical and Technical Skills
Incorporate clinical and technical skills while performing medical and surgical procedures essential to PA practice. 

Clinical Reasoning and Problem-Solving
Synthesize history, physical examination, and clinical diagnostic findings to develop management plans appropriate for the patient’s medical and/or surgical conditions.

Professional Behaviors
Demonstrate a high level of responsibility, compassion, commitment to ethical practice principles, sensitivity to diverse patient populations, and adherence to legal and regulatory requirements.

Practice-based Learning & Improvement 
Integrate evidence from scientific studies and multiple sources to improve practice using systematic methods in collaboration with other members of the health care team.

Create a holistic and inclusive practice environment with awareness to personal and system biases, culture, individual preference, gaps in medical knowledge, and physical limitations of self and others.

Systems-based Practice 
Engage in inter-professional teams in various healthcare delivery settings and coordinate care to improve and optimize health care delivery and patient-centered care. 

Consider environmental influences, socioeconomic factors, health care disparities, and other population level determinants to promote health and wellness of communities and patients. 

Advocate for health policies that promote quality, safe, and cost-effective healthcare at the micro, meso and macro levels.