Through the use of abstraction and logic, mathematics developed from counting, calculation, measurement, and the systematic study of the shapes and motions of physical objects. Practical mathematics has been a human activity for as far back as written records exist.
NP: Programs for nurse practitioners are usually shorter than those for physician assistants. They typically require nurse practitioners students choose a specialty and complete between 500 classroom and 500-700 clinical hours.
Once the basic classroom work is complete, physician assistant students then have clinical rotations, just as medical students would. Rotations can last one or two months, Hanifin says. Students are immersed in a medical specialty, such as pediatrics or emergency medicine, and interact with patients.