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Physician Assistant Training – High School to PA in one place
Posted by: | CommentsAs I have been reading the information about the 149 ARC certified sites, I was surprised to find out that in addition to Detroit Mercy, there is a new trend in PA training. It is a 5 year program that begins with recruiting High School students.
I haven’t reviewed all 149 programs but as I find others accepting high school students into a pre-PA major I will list them here.
Those I know about are :
Univ of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI
Arcadia University in Eastern PA and Delaware.
Chatham University in Pittsburgh PA
DeSales University Center Valley PA
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh PA
Marywood University, Scranton PA
Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport PA (this is the only program I found that offered a Bachelors Degree with PA Major to HS students)
Physician Assistant School Preparation
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Physician Assistant School Applications
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Physician Assistant Program Prerequisites
Posted by: | CommentsWhat are the requirements to be admitted to a top 23 PA Program? They all want high (3.0+)grades in science, a bachelors degree, great scores on the GRE and many hours (up to 1000 hours) of direct patient care experience. I hope this video makes it easier for you to find information on the PA Program of your choice.
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6 Options for Employment as a Physician Assistant
Posted by: | CommentsClinical medicine is always going to be the number one place PAs work. No matter what organization we work for, opportunities to care for patients are going to be most prevalent. Here is a partial list of places to consider for employment:
1. Public organizations like the Veterans Administration, Federal and State Prisons and large city jails, Military PAs (the Army has a PhD level residency in Emergency Medicine), Nation Health Service Corps, Inner City Clinics run by non-profit groups and government agencies, Rural Health Clinics
2. Private – 25% of all PAs work in private surgical settings, with Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, Urgent Care, Various Internal Medicine Specialties and Surgical Dermatology as a few of these
3. Administrative – Doing case review for insurance companies, getting a law degree, becoming a consultant or a medical entrepreneur
4. Independent Contractor – I did this working for 3 or 4 staffing companies in military or small hospital ERs and Fast Track/Urgent Care settings
5. Owner of a medical practice. When I became a PA it was illegal for a PA to do this in my state. Now, PAs own the practice and employ MDs and PAs as the clinicians. If the owner is also a clinician, then an MD must assume responsibility for their medical actions.
6. PAs are now recruited by the NHS of the UK. PAs are being trained there, but Scotland actively recruits American PAs to work in that country and PAs are recruited as role models and instructors in UK PA programs.
