NLU PA Program — Didactic Year Handbook
Interpersonal Abilities
Students must possess the emotional health required to exercise sound judgment, complete responsibilities promptly, and develop mature, respectful relationships with peers, faculty, standardized patients, and — later in the program — patients and colleagues.
Didactic Year Calendar
The didactic year calendar below reflects the major milestones of the didactic phase. A detailed, date- specific calendar is distributed at orientation and posted in the learning management system; the version in the learning management system governs in the event of any discrepancy.
Activity
Dates
Notes
Orientation / White Coat Ceremony
TBD
Term I Begins
09/27/2027
Term I Final Examinations
12/13–17/2027
Break
12/20/2027–01/17/2028
Term II Begins
01/18/2028
Formative OSCE I
TBD
Term II Final Examinations
04/03–07/2028
Term III Begins
04/10/2028
PACKRAT Examination
TBD
Term III Final Examinations
06/26–30/2028
Term IV Begins
07/03/2028
Pre-Clinical OSCE
TBD
Pre-Clinical Exams
TBD
Term IV Final Examinations
09/18–22/2028
Didactic Year Ends / Advancement to Clinical Year
09/23/2028
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